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Otti schaltet sein Handy aus, damit seine ganze Aufmerksamkeit dem Buch gilt. Otti switches off his phone so that his full attention goes to the book.

noun · C1

die Aufmerksamkeit

[ˈaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t]

attention, small gift

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Antonyms
die Ablenkung

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Grammar

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

Nouns ending in -keit are usually feminine: die Aufmerksamkeit. 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 Aufmerksamkeit die Aufmerksamkeiten
Accusative wen? was? die Aufmerksamkeit die Aufmerksamkeiten
Am Ende des Vortrags danken wir dem Publikum für seine Aufmerksamkeit. At the end of the talk we thank the audience for its attention.
Dative wem? der Aufmerksamkeit den Aufmerksamkeiten
Genitive wessen? der Aufmerksamkeit der Aufmerksamkeiten

How the Word Is Built

Auf prefix merk root sam suffix keit suffix

auf-
up, open: aufstehen (to get up), aufmachen (to open). Separable: Ich stehe auf.
-keit
a noun from an adjective, always feminine: möglich → die Möglichkeit (possibility).

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