Erkrankung

German

Etymology

erkranken + -ung

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛɐ̯ˈkʀaŋkʊŋ/
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Noun

Erkrankung f (genitive Erkrankung, plural Erkrankungen)

  1. falling ill
  2. illness
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 84:
      [...] und manche beglückwünschten ihn zu seiner Genesung in so scherzhaftem Ton, als hätten sie seine Erkrankung nie recht ernst genommen.
      [...] and some congratulated him to his recovery in such a humorous tone, as if they had never taken his illness really seriously.
  3. disease

Declension

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