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Frau Hilde beschreibt die Entbehrungen der Nachkriegszeit ohne Bitterkeit, oft sogar mit einem Lächeln. Frau Hilde describes the hardships of the post-war years without bitterness, often even with a smile.

noun · C1

die Entbehrung

[ɛntˈbeːʁʊŋ]

hardship, privation, going without

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Grammar

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

Nouns ending in -ung are usually feminine: die Entbehrung. 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 Entbehrung die Entbehrungen
Accusative wen? was? die Entbehrung die Entbehrungen
Dative wem? der Entbehrung den Entbehrungen
Genitive wessen? der Entbehrung der Entbehrungen

How the Word Is Built

Ent prefix behr root ung suffix

ent-
away, out of: entdecken (to discover), entfernen (to remove).
-ung
a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

Word family

entbehrenentbehrlichunentbehrlich

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde writes her memoirs

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