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Meet die Gesundheit

See how the article changes from case to case, then try the exercises.

All 2 meanings

  1. health (state of being in good physical condition and free from illness)
  2. (figurative) health; soundness; strength; stability (state of being in good condition)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Gesundheit, use the coloured column: feminine.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

no plural

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Der Arzt prüft die allgemeine Gesundheit.The doctor checks overall health.Accusative · prüfenPractise „allgemein“ →
  2. 2
    Paul profitiert von seiner guten Gesundheit.Paul benefits from his good health.Dative · vonPractise „gut“ →
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