Polyglot Dictionary

Klinik

/ˈkliːnɪk/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Kliniken

Meaning

  1. clinic

    • Er liegt in der Klinik.

      He is in the clinic.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Krankenhaus

Klinik (loanword) often implies something smaller or specialised — a Privatklinik, an Unfallklinik. Krankenhaus is the general, unmarked word for hospital, of any size.

Similar in other languages

French

clinique

clinique is the French word for the same thing — both mean "clinic."

Portuguese

clínica

clínica is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "clinic."

Practice

1 What does Klinik mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er liegt in der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Klinik?

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