Noun
die Epidemie
Pronunciation: /epideˈmiː/
epidemic (widespread disease)
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plural Epidemien
Meanings
Noun
- epidemic (widespread disease)
Example sentence
Die Epidemie breitete sich damals über mehrere Länder aus.
Back then the epidemic spread across several countries.
Word forms
singular
die Epidemie
plural
die Epidemien
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Epidemie
Accusativedie Epidemie
Dativeder Epidemie
Genitiveder Epidemie
Plural
Nominativedie Epidemien
Accusativedie Epidemien
Dativeden Epidemien
Genitiveder Epidemien
Usage
- der Ausbruch einer Epidemie — The outbreak of an epidemic.
- eine Epidemie eindämmen — Contain an epidemic; a common reporting collocation.
Das Kapitel schildert die Epidemie aus der Sicht einer Ärztin.
The chapter describes the epidemic from a doctor's perspective.