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Der, die or das Phantasie?

die Phantasie

Gender
feminine
English
imagination, fantasy
Plural
die Phantasien

Why is it die Phantasie?

German nouns ending in -ie are almost always feminine, so it is die Phantasie. The same pattern gives you die Familie, die Linie, die Theorie.

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Phantasie in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Phantasie: definite article first, then the indefinite article.

MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativeder / eindie / einedas / eindie
Accusativeden / einendie / einedas / eindie
Dativedem / einemder / einerdem / einemden
Genitivedes / einesder / einerdes / einesder

Phantasie is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.

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