Vokabahn

Pubertät

Vokabahn
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Noun

die Pubertät

Pronunciation: /pubɛʁˈtɛːt/

puberty (age at which a person becomes capable of sexual reproduction)

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Meanings

Noun
  1. puberty (age at which a person becomes capable of sexual reproduction)

Example sentence

Mädchen kommen etwa mit zehn oder elf Jahren in die Pubertät, Jungen etwa mit elf oder zwölf Jahren.

Girls begin puberty around the ages of ten to eleven, and boys around the ages of eleven to twelve.

Word forms

singular die Pubertät

No common plural.

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedie Pubertät
Accusativedie Pubertät
Dativeder Pubertät
Genitiveder Pubertät

Pubertät has no common plural.

Usage

  • in die Pubertät kommen — Enter puberty; describes the beginning of this developmental stage.
  • während der Pubertät — During puberty; während takes genitive.
Extra sentence

Das Kapitel beschreibt Veränderungen während der Pubertät.

The chapter describes changes during puberty.