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Herzinfarkt

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Noun

der Herzinfarkt

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛʁtsɪnˌfaʁkt/

myocardial infarction (necrosis of heart muscle), heart attack

B2 rank #5,440 plural Herzinfarkte

Meanings

Noun
  1. myocardial infarction (necrosis of heart muscle), heart attack

Example sentence

Hatten Sie schon mal einen Herzinfarkt?

Have you ever had a heart attack?

Word forms

singular der Herzinfarkt
plural die Herzinfarkte

The four cases

Singular

Nominativeder Herzinfarkt
Accusativeden Herzinfarkt
Dativedem Herzinfarkt
Genitivedes Herzinfarkts

Plural

Nominativedie Herzinfarkte
Accusativedie Herzinfarkte
Dativeden Herzinfarkten
Genitiveder Herzinfarkte

Usage

  • einen Herzinfarkt erleiden — suffer a heart attack; a formal collocation
  • nach einem Herzinfarkt — after a heart attack; dative after nach
Extra sentence

Die Broschüre enthält einen Abschnitt über den Herzinfarkt.

The brochure contains a section on heart attacks.