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Emil fotografiert eine alte Mietskaserne mit fünf Hinterhöfen. Emil photographs an old tenement block with five back courtyards.

noun · C1

die Mietskaserne

[ˈmiːt͡skaˌzɛʁnə]

tenement block, tenement

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Other Examples

  • In den Mietskasernen teilten sich um 1900 oft zehn Menschen zwei Zimmer.

    Around 1900, ten people often shared two rooms in the tenements.

  • Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass unsere schicke Altbauwohnung einmal Teil einer Mietskaserne war.

    I'd never have thought that our chic flat in an old building was once part of a tenement block.

  • Habt ihr gewusst, dass der Begriff Mietskaserne ursprünglich abwertend gemeint war?

    Did you know that the word "Mietskaserne" was originally meant disparagingly?

Grammar

Plural
die Mietskasernen 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 Mietskaserne die Mietskasernen
Accusative wen? was? die Mietskaserne die Mietskasernen
Dative wem? der Mietskaserne den Mietskasernen
In den Mietskasernen teilten sich um 1900 oft zehn Menschen zwei Zimmer. Around 1900, ten people often shared two rooms in the tenements.
Genitive wessen? der Mietskaserne der Mietskasernen

How the Word Is Built

Miet root s linking letter kaserne root

A compound: Miet + die Kaserne

The last word gives the article. More rules

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