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Lotte schreibt die Wahrheit über die Parks in einen freundlichen Kommentar. Lotte writes the truth about the parks in a friendly comment.

noun · B2

die Wahrheit

[ˈvaːɐ̯haɪ̯t]

truth

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Grammar

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

Nouns ending in -heit are usually feminine: die Wahrheit. 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 Wahrheit die Wahrheiten
Accusative wen? was? die Wahrheit die Wahrheiten
Dative wem? der Wahrheit den Wahrheiten
Wir sprechen darüber, ob die Pflicht zur Wahrheit auch unter Freunden gilt. We talk about whether the duty to tell the truth also applies among friends.
Genitive wessen? der Wahrheit der Wahrheiten

How the Word Is Built

Wahr root heit suffix

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

Word family

wahrwahrscheinlichwahrhaftig

In Otti's situations: Lotte checks the facts, Lotte at a philosophy evening

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