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Mit Fernglas und Notizbuch zählt Kalle Vögel für die Wissenschaft. With binoculars and a notebook, Kalle counts birds for science.

noun · B2

die Wissenschaft

[ˈvɪsn̩ʃaft]

science

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Grammar

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

Nouns ending in -schaft are usually feminine: die Wissenschaft. 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 Wissenschaft die Wissenschaften
Die Wissenschaft braucht die Daten von Tausenden Freiwilligen. Science needs data from thousands of volunteers.
Accusative wen? was? die Wissenschaft die Wissenschaften
Mit Fernglas und Notizbuch zählt Kalle Vögel für die Wissenschaft. With binoculars and a notebook, Kalle counts birds for science.
Dative wem? der Wissenschaft den Wissenschaften
Genitive wessen? der Wissenschaft der Wissenschaften

How the Word Is Built

Wissen root schaft suffix

-schaft
a group or a state, always feminine: die Freundschaft (friendship).

Word family

wissenwissenschaftlichder Wissenschaftler

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