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Frida legt ein Kühlpack auf das schmerzende Gelenk. Frida puts a cold pack on the aching joint.

noun · B2

das Gelenk

[ɡəˈlɛŋk]

joint

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Grammar

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

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? das Gelenk die Gelenke
Accusative wen? was? das Gelenk die Gelenke
Dative wem? dem Gelenk den Gelenken
Genitive wessen? des Gelenks der Gelenke

How the Word Is Built

Ge prefix lenk root

ge-
in nouns, often a group or a result: das Gebäude (building), das Geschenk (gift); in verbs, the past participle: gekauft.

Word family

gelenkigdas Kniegelenkdas Handgelenkdas Fußgelenk

In Otti's situations: Frida goes to physiotherapy

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