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Twenty people turn up to the viewing at once.
Zur Besichtigung kommen zwanzig Leute auf einmal. Twenty people turn up to the viewing at once.

noun · A2

die Besichtigung

[bəˈzɪçtɪɡʊŋ]

viewing

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Other Examples

  • Ich habe morgen um zehn eine Besichtigung.

    I have a viewing tomorrow at ten.

  • Kommst du mit zur Besichtigung?

    Are you coming to the viewing with me?

  • Nach der Besichtigung trinken Otti und Frida einen Kaffee.

    After the viewing, Otti and Frida have a coffee.

Grammar

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

Nouns ending in -ung are usually feminine: die Besichtigung. 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 Besichtigung die Besichtigungen
Accusative wen? was? die Besichtigung die Besichtigungen
Dative wem? der Besichtigung den Besichtigungen
Kommst du mit zur Besichtigung? Are you coming to the viewing with me?
Genitive wessen? der Besichtigung der Besichtigungen

How the Word Is Built

Be prefix sicht root ig suffix ung suffix

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
-ig
makes an adjective: der Durst → durstig (thirsty).
-ung
a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

Word family

besichtigendie Sichtsehendie Aussicht

In Otti's situations: Otti looks for a flat

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