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The article for

Absence

die Absence

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Meaning

[1] Medicine: Short ability to spirit, especially in the form of an epileptic seizure without fall (i.e. without loss of physical control)

[1] Medizin: kurze Geistesabwesenheit, insbesondere in Form eines epileptischen Anfalls ohne Sturz (also ohne Verlust der körperlichen Kontrolle)

[2] Educational language: mental absence, ability to eat, brief scattering

[2] bildungssprachlich: gedankliche Abwesenheit, Geistesabwesenheit, kurze Zerstreutheit

Examples

[1] She has an absence

[1] Sie hat eine Absence.

[2] He continued because he was not conscious of her intellectual absence

[2] Er sprach weiter, denn er war ihrer geistigen Absence nicht bewusst.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Absence die Absencen
Genitiv der Absence der Absencen
Dativ der Absence den Absencen
Akkusativ die Absence die Absencen

Pronunciation

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