Noun
die Sterblichkeit
mortality
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Meanings
Noun
- mortality
Example sentence
Die Sterblichkeit ist seit Jahren rückläufig.
Mortality has been declining for years.
Word forms
singular
die Sterblichkeit
No common plural.
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Sterblichkeit
Accusativedie Sterblichkeit
Dativeder Sterblichkeit
Genitiveder Sterblichkeit
Sterblichkeit has no common plural.
Usage
- eine hohe Sterblichkeit — High mortality.
- Sterblichkeit / Unsterblichkeit — Being mortal or a mortality rate versus immortality.
Die Historikerin untersuchte die Sterblichkeit in der damaligen Stadt.
The historian examined mortality in the town at that time.