Why is it die Ägide?
Ägide ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -e die
Examples
[1] Under his aegis they succeeded in everything
[1] Unter seiner Ägide gelang ihnen alles.
[1] "Life among Soviet aegis is by no means"
[1] „Leicht ist das Leben unter sowjetischer Ägide dabei keineswegs.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Ägide | — |
| Genitiv | der Ägide | — |
| Dativ | der Ägide | — |
| Akkusativ | die Ägide | — |
Pronunciation
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