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der, die oder das Kaution?

die Kaution

It's die Kaution. Kaution is feminine, plural die Kautionen.

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Plural
die Kautionen
Meaning
deposit
In our course
A1
Home & flat hunting · also A2, B1, B2, C1, C2

Example

  • Die Kaution ist zwei Monatsmieten.

    The deposit is two months' rent.

  • Die Kaution beträgt zwei Monatsmieten.

    The deposit is two months' rent.

Why die?

-ion die

Kaution

Always 98.3% of the 347 common nouns ending in -ion take die.

-ion (-tion, -sion) is feminine. Many of these words look like English: die Information.

Exceptions der Spion, der Champion, das Stadion, das Dominion