Noun
die Hungersnot
Pronunciation: /ˈhʊŋɐsˌnoːt/
famine
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plural Hungersnöte
Meanings
Noun
- famine
Example sentence
Auf die lange Dürre folgte eine Hungersnot.
After the long drought came a famine.
Word forms
singular
die Hungersnot
plural
die Hungersnöte
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Hungersnot
Accusativedie Hungersnot
Dativeder Hungersnot
Genitiveder Hungersnot
Plural
Nominativedie Hungersnöte
Accusativedie Hungersnöte
Dativeden Hungersnöten
Genitiveder Hungersnöte
Usage
- eine Hungersnot überstehen — to survive a famine; widespread food shortage, not an individual's temporary hunger
- Hungersnot / Hunger — famine / hunger; different scales of deprivation
Das Geschichtsbuch beschreibt die Hungersnot nach mehreren schlechten Ernten.
The history textbook describes the famine after several poor harvests.