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Angesichts der Wohnungsnot entstanden um 1900 zahlreiche Wohnungsbaugenossenschaften.
In view of the housing shortage, numerous housing cooperatives were founded around 1900.
Declension
The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.
| Case | Singular | Example |
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| Nominative wer? was? | die Wohnungsnot |
Die Wohnungsnot zwang viele Familien, ein Bett an fremde Schlafgänger zu vermieten.
The housing shortage forced many families to rent out a bed to strangers who came only to sleep.
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| Accusative wen? was? | die Wohnungsnot | |
| Dative wem? | der Wohnungsnot |
Habt ihr bei eurer Wohnungssuche auch etwas von der Wohnungsnot gespürt?
Did you feel the housing shortage at all when you were looking for a flat?
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| Genitive wessen? | der Wohnungsnot |
How the Word Is Built
Wohn root ung suffix s linking letter not root
- -ung
- a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).
A compound: die Wohnung + die Not
The last word gives the article. More rules
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