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Frida bezahlt ihr Leihrad per Handy und genießt die Bequemlichkeit, nie Kleingeld suchen zu müssen. Frida pays for her hire bike by phone and enjoys the convenience of never having to look for change.

noun · C1

die Bequemlichkeit

[bəˈkveːmlɪçkaɪ̯t]

convenience, comfort, laziness

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Grammar

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

Nouns ending in -keit are usually feminine: die Bequemlichkeit. 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 Bequemlichkeit die Bequemlichkeiten
Accusative wen? was? die Bequemlichkeit die Bequemlichkeiten
Dative wem? der Bequemlichkeit den Bequemlichkeiten
Genitive wessen? der Bequemlichkeit der Bequemlichkeiten

How the Word Is Built

Be prefix quem root lich suffix keit suffix

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
-lich
makes an adjective: der Freund → freundlich (friendly).
-keit
a noun from an adjective, always feminine: möglich → die Möglichkeit (possibility).

Word family

bequemunbequem

In Otti's situations: Frida and the smart city

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