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Emil gründet mit zwölf Fahrradkurieren eine Genossenschaft, damit der Kurierdienst allen gemeinsam gehört. Emil is founding a cooperative with twelve bike couriers so that the courier service belongs to all of them together.

noun · C1

die Genossenschaft

[ɡəˈnɔsn̩ʃaft]

cooperative, co-op

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Grammar

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

Nouns ending in -schaft are usually feminine: die Genossenschaft. 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 Genossenschaft die Genossenschaften
Accusative wen? was? die Genossenschaft die Genossenschaften
Dative wem? der Genossenschaft den Genossenschaften
Genitive wessen? der Genossenschaft der Genossenschaften

How the Word Is Built

Genoss root en linking letter schaft suffix

-schaft
a group or a state, always feminine: die Freundschaft (friendship).

Word family

genossenschaftlichdie Wohnungsgenossenschaftder Genossedie Genossin

In Otti's situations: Emil starts a cooperative

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