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Die Solaranlage auf dem Dach ist Kalles größte Anschaffung seit Jahren. The solar panels on the roof are Kalle's biggest purchase in years.

noun · B2

die Anschaffung

[ˈanʃafʊŋ]

purchase, acquisition

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Grammar

Plural
die Anschaffungen In the plural the article is always "die".

Nouns ending in -ung are usually feminine: die Anschaffung. Der, Die or Das? The Rules

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Anschaffung die Anschaffungen
Accusative wen? was? die Anschaffung die Anschaffungen
Dative wem? der Anschaffung den Anschaffungen
Genitive wessen? der Anschaffung der Anschaffungen

How the Word Is Built

An prefix schaff root ung suffix

an-
to, at, the start of something: ankommen (to arrive), anrufen (to call). Separable: Ich rufe dich an.
-ung
a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

Word family

anschaffenschaffen

In Otti's situations: Kalle's house gets a solar roof

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