Die Krankenkasse bezahlt die Medikamente. The health insurance pays for the medicine.

noun · A2

die Krankenkasse

[ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌkasə]

health insurance, health insurance fund

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Other Examples

Bei welcher Krankenkasse bist du?

Which health insurance are you with?
Ich schicke das Formular an die Krankenkasse.

I'm sending the form to the health insurance.
Lotte vergleicht die Krankenkassen im Internet.

Lotte compares the health insurance funds online.

Grammar

Plural: die Krankenkassen 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 Krankenkasse	die Krankenkassen	Die Krankenkasse bezahlt die Medikamente. The health insurance pays for the medicine.
Accusative wen? was?	die Krankenkasse	die Krankenkassen
Dative wem?	der Krankenkasse	den Krankenkassen	Bei welcher Krankenkasse bist du? Which health insurance are you with?
Genitive wessen?	der Krankenkasse	der Krankenkassen

How the Word Is Built

Krank root en linking letter kasse root

A compound: krank + die Kasse

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

krank die Kassedas Krankenhausdie Krankheit

In Otti's situations: Otti has a cold

die Bauchschmerzen einen Termin machen erkältet die Erkältung die Grippe Gute Besserung! husten die Kopfschmerzen niesen die Praxis die Salbe der Schmerz

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