Noun
die Medizin
Pronunciation: /(ˌ)me.di.ˈtsiːn/
medicine (healing substance or cure)
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plural Medizinen
Meanings
Noun
- medicine (healing substance or cure)
- medicine (the study of disease and treatment; the profession based thereon)
Example sentence
Meine Schwester studiert Medizin in Berlin.
My sister studies medicine in Berlin.
Word forms
singular
die Medizin
plural
die Medizinen
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Medizin
Accusativedie Medizin
Dativeder Medizin
Genitiveder Medizin
Plural
Nominativedie Medizinen
Accusativedie Medizinen
Dativeden Medizinen
Genitiveder Medizinen
Usage
- Medizin einnehmen — In this combination, Medizin means a medicinal substance.
- Medizin studieren — Here it means the academic field, normally without a plural.
Die Medizin schmeckt bitter, sagt das Kind.
The medicine tastes bitter, the child says.