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Bruno backt für die Läufer zweihundert Muffins, denn bei ihm geht Wohltätigkeit durch den Magen. Bruno bakes two hundred muffins for the runners, because with him charity goes through the stomach.

noun · C1

die Wohltätigkeit

[ˈvoːltɛːtɪçkaɪ̯t]

charity

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Declension

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

Case Singular Example
Nominative wer? was? die Wohltätigkeit
Accusative wen? was? die Wohltätigkeit
Dative wem? der Wohltätigkeit
Genitive wessen? der Wohltätigkeit

How the Word Is Built

Wohl root tät root ig suffix keit suffix

-ig
makes an adjective: der Durst → durstig (thirsty).
-keit
a noun from an adjective, always feminine: möglich → die Möglichkeit (possibility).

A compound: Wohl + die Tätigkeit

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

wohltätigdas Wohldie Tattätig

In Otti's situations: The friends organise a charity run

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