Polyglot Dictionary

Krankenhaus

/ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌhaʊ̯s/

das noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain Medical Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Krankenhäuser

Meaning

  1. hospital

    Literally "house of the sick."

    • Sie arbeitet in einem Krankenhaus.

      She works in a hospital.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Kranken of the sick (people) — from krank, sick
  • Haus house

Similar words

Klinik

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

hôpital

hôpital is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hospital."

Portuguese

hospital

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

Practice

1 What does Krankenhaus mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie arbeitet in einem ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Krankenhaus?

See also

nouncompoundhealth

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