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Frau Hilde zeigt Otti Fotos aus ihrer Kindheit. Frau Hilde shows Otti photos from her childhood.

noun · A2

die Kindheit

[ˈkɪnthaɪ̯t]

childhood

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Declension

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

Case Singular Example
Nominative wer? was? die Kindheit
Meine Kindheit war sehr glücklich. My childhood was very happy.
Accusative wen? was? die Kindheit
Dative wem? der Kindheit
Frau Hilde kann noch alle Lieder aus ihrer Kindheit auswendig. Frau Hilde still knows all the songs from her childhood by heart.
Genitive wessen? der Kindheit

How the Word Is Built

Kind root heit suffix

-heit
a noun from an adjective, always feminine: frei → die Freiheit (freedom).

Word family

das Kindkindlichder Kindergartenkindisch

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde remembers, Otti feels at home in Berlin, Frau Hilde writes her memoirs

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