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Ein Klopfen an der Tür beendet die Einsamkeit der alten Dame im Erdgeschoss. A knock on the door ends the loneliness of the old lady on the ground floor.

noun · C1

die Einsamkeit

[ˈaɪ̯nzaːmkaɪ̯t]

loneliness, solitude

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Declension

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

Case Singular Example
Nominative wer? was? die Einsamkeit
Accusative wen? was? die Einsamkeit
Dative wem? der Einsamkeit
Mit eurem Vorleseprojekt habt ihr schon vielen Menschen aus der Einsamkeit geholfen. With your reading project you've already helped many people out of loneliness.
Genitive wessen? der Einsamkeit

How the Word Is Built

Ein root sam suffix keit suffix

-keit
a noun from an adjective, always feminine: möglich → die Möglichkeit (possibility).

Word family

einsamvereinsamendie Vereinsamung

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