Noun
das Spital
Pronunciation: /ʃpiˈtaːl/
hospital (Austrian, Swiss and southern German; = Krankenhaus)
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rank #6,669
plural Spitäler
Meanings
Noun
- hospital (Austrian, Swiss and southern German; = Krankenhaus)
Example sentence
Sie wird das Spital bald verlassen.
She will leave the hospital soon.
Word forms
singular
das Spital
plural
die Spitäler
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Spital
Accusativedas Spital
Dativedem Spital
Genitivedes Spitals
Plural
Nominativedie Spitäler
Accusativedie Spitäler
Dativeden Spitälern
Genitiveder Spitäler
Usage
- Spital / Krankenhaus — hospital; Spital is especially Austrian, Swiss and southern German
- das Spital / die Spitäler — plural changes a to ä and adds -er
Nach einer Woche im Spital durfte er wieder nach Hause.
After a week in hospital, he was allowed to go home again.