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Anschaffung

Anschaffung is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Anschaffungen

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Why is it die Anschaffung?

Anschaffung ends in -ung, and nouns ending in -ung are feminine: in a German dictionary, 99% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ung
Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Acquisition of something

[1] Erwerb von etwas

[2] The newly acquired

[2] das neu Erworbene

Examples

[1] The purchase of the new shoes cost us a lot of time

[1] Die Anschaffung der neuen Schuhe hat uns viel Zeit gekostet.

[2] These purchases for the new apartment were urgently needed

[2] Diese Anschaffungen für die neue Wohnung waren dringend notwendig.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Anschaffung die Anschaffungen
Genitiv der Anschaffung der Anschaffungen
Dativ der Anschaffung den Anschaffungen
Akkusativ die Anschaffung die Anschaffungen

Pronunciation

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