Hungersnot

German
FWOTD – 19 September 2012

Etymology

Hunger (“hunger”) +‎ Not (“hardship”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋɐsˌnoːt/

Noun

Hungersnot f (genitive Hungersnot, plural Hungersnöte)

  1. famine
    • 2003, Franz Eugen Schlachter, Die Bibel (“Schlachter 2000”), Genfer Bibelgesellschaft, Kings I 7:50:
      Und alle Welt kam nach Ägypten, um bei Joseph Korn zu kaufen; denn es herrschte große Hungersnot auf der ganzen Erde.
      And the whole world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, for there was a great famine over the entire Earth.

Declension
Declension of Hungersnot
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hungersnot die Hungersnöte
genitive einer der Hungersnot der Hungersnöte
dative einer der Hungersnot den Hungersnöten
accusative eine die Hungersnot die Hungersnöte

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