Why is it die Chemotherapie?
Chemotherapie is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Therapie. So it’s die Chemotherapie.
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Meaning
[1] Healthcare: The treatment of cancer with medication
[1] Gesundheitswesen: die Behandlung von Krebs mit MedikamentenExamples
[1] Distributed by the default chemotherapy, all of his former “friends” turn away from him
[1] Von der aufzehrenden Chemotherapie gezeichnet, wenden sich alle seine früheren „Freunde“ von ihm ab.
[1] "Your chemotherapy had started in early November, and soon afterwards she had lost all hair"
[1] „Ihre Chemotherapie hatte Anfang November begonnen, und bald darauf hatte sie alle Haare verloren.“
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "Before the doctor gives the patient the generously changed blood stem cells, he must destroy his defective bone marrow with chemotherapy"
[1] „Bevor der Arzt dem Patienten die gentherapeutisch veränderten Blutstammzellen verabreicht, muss er dessen defektes Knochenmark mit einer Chemotherapie zerstören.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Chemotherapie | die Chemotherapien |
| Genitiv | der Chemotherapie | der Chemotherapien |
| Dativ | der Chemotherapie | den Chemotherapien |
| Akkusativ | die Chemotherapie | die Chemotherapien |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary