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Der, die or das Situation?

die Situation

Gender
feminine
English
situation
Plural
die Situationen

Why is it die Situation?

German nouns ending in -tion are almost always feminine, so it is die Situation. The same pattern gives you die Funktion, die Information, die Organisation.

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Situation in the four cases

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

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

Situation 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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