The der/die/das rules / Nouns ending in -ie

Rule for feminine · die

Nouns ending in -ie

-ie → die · 1.1% of nouns

The rule, in plain language

Many nouns ending in -ie are feminine, such as Familie (family), Partie (round/game) and Studie (study). This pattern covers about 1.1% of the frequent nouns in our set, so it's not the most common ending, but it's still worth knowing, especially for words borrowed from French or Latin. Their plural is usually formed with -n (Familien, Partien, Studien), another hint that they're feminine. Watch out for Knie (knee) though - it also ends in -ie, but it's neuter (das Knie), so remember it as a separate exception.

In the A1-B1 vocabulary of the Genau course, this rule covers 27 words (1.1%) and has 1 exceptions - all listed below.

Representative examples

The exceptions

These contradict the rule - learn them as-is:

All course words that follow this rule

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