Hungersnot
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German
Etymology
Hunger (“hunger”) + Not (“hardship”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Hungersnot f (genitive Hungersnot, plural Hungersnöte)
- 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.
- 2003, Franz Eugen Schlachter, Die Bibel (“Schlachter 2000”), Genfer Bibelgesellschaft, Kings I 7:50:
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 |
Further reading
- “Hungersnot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hungersnot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Hungersnot” in Duden online
Hungersnot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
