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Grammar Rule
Nouns ending in -ie are feminine.
Words following this rule
66 nouns found die
Akademie academy
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Aktie share
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Allergie allergy
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Antipathie antipathy
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Arterie artery
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Asymmetrie asymmetry
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Bakterie bacterium
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Batterie battery
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Biographie biography
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Biologie biology
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Bürokratie bureaucracy
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Chemie chemistry
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Choreografie choreography
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Demokratie democracy
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Disharmonie disharmony
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Drogerie drugstore
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Empathie empathy
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Energie energy
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Euphorie euphoria
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Familie family
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Fotografie photography
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Galerie gallery
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Garantie guarantee, warranty
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Geografie geography
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Geographie geography
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Harmonie harmony
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Hierarchie hierarchy
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Industrie industry
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Informationstechnologie information technology
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Ironie irony
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Jalousie blinds
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Kategorie category
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Kernenergie nuclear energy
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Komödie comedy
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Kopie copy
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Linie line
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Marie Mary, Marie
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Materie matter
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Melancholie melancholy
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Melodie melody
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Monarchie monarchy
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Nostalgie nostalgia
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Partie game
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Patchworkfamilie blended family
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Phantasie imagination, fantasy
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Philosophie philosophy
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Physiotherapie physiotherapy
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Poesie poetry
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Prämie premium
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Psychologie psychology
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Psychotherapie psychotherapy
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Regie direction (film/theater)
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Richtlinie guideline
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Serie series
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Strategie strategy
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Studie study
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Symmetrie symmetry
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Sympathie sympathy
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Technologie technology
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Theologie theology
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Theorie theory
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Therapie therapy
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Tragödie tragedy
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Utopie utopia
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Ökologie ecology
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Ökonomie economy, economics
Other die rules
Nouns referring to female persons are feminineNouns specifically referring to female animals are feminineProfessions with -in ending for females are feminineNouns ending in -ung are always feminineNouns ending in -heit are always feminineNouns ending in -keit are always feminineNouns ending in -schaft are always feminineNouns ending in -tät or -ität are feminineNouns ending in -ion or -tion are feminineNouns ending in -ie are feminineNouns ending in -ik are feminineMost nouns ending in -ur are feminineNouns ending in -anz or -enz are feminineNouns ending in -ei are feminineAbout 90% of nouns ending in -e are feminineMost tree names are feminineMost flower names are feminineMany fruit names are feminineMost rivers in Germany/Austria/Switzerland are feminineMotorcycle brand names are feminineShip names are feminineAirplane names/models are feminineNumbers used as nouns are feminineNouns ending in -ade (from French/Italian) are feminineNouns ending in -age (from French) are feminineNouns ending in -ose are feminineNouns ending in -sis or -xis are feminineNouns ending in -ine for chemical substances are feminineContinent names are feminine when used with an article