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Otti schreibt die Kernaussage seines Kommentars mit Kreide auf die kleine Tafel in seiner Küche. Otti writes the key message of his commentary in chalk on the little blackboard in his kitchen.

noun · C1

die Kernaussage

[ˈkɛʁnʔaʊ̯sˌzaːɡə]

key message, main point, core statement

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Grammar

Plural
die Kernaussagen 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? die Kernaussage die Kernaussagen
Deine Kernaussage geht zwischen den vielen Zahlen unter, findest du nicht? Your main point gets lost among all those numbers, don't you think?
Accusative wen? was? die Kernaussage die Kernaussagen
Dative wem? der Kernaussage den Kernaussagen
Genitive wessen? der Kernaussage der Kernaussagen

How the Word Is Built

Kern root aus prefix sag root e suffix

aus-
out: aussteigen (to get off), ausgehen (to go out). Separable: Wir steigen aus.

A compound: Kernaus + die Sage

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

die Aussageaussagensagender Kern

In Otti's situations: Otti writes an opinion piece

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