Erkältung
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German
Etymology
erkälten (“to catch a cold”) + -ung
Pronunciation
Noun
Erkältung f (genitive Erkältung, plural Erkältungen)
- cold (illness)
Declension
Declension of Erkältung
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Erkältung | die | Erkältungen |
| genitive | einer | der | Erkältung | der | Erkältungen |
| dative | einer | der | Erkältung | den | Erkältungen |
| accusative | eine | die | Erkältung | die | Erkältungen |
Further reading
- “Erkältung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Erkältung” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Erkältung” in Duden online
Erkältung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
