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Lotte erklärt Otti in der Pause die Handlung des Stücks. During the interval Lotte explains the plot of the play to Otti.

noun · B1

die Handlung

[ˈhandlʊŋ]

plot, story

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Grammar

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

Nouns ending in -ung are usually feminine: die Handlung. 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 Handlung die Handlungen
Die Handlung spielt im Berlin der Zwanzigerjahre. The story is set in Berlin in the 1920s.
Accusative wen? was? die Handlung die Handlungen
Dative wem? der Handlung den Handlungen
Genitive wessen? der Handlung der Handlungen

How the Word Is Built

Handl root ung suffix

-ung
a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

Word family

In Otti's situations: Lotte goes to the theatre

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