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Erbschaft

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

Plural
die Erbschaften

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it die Erbschaft?

Erbschaft ends in -schaft, and almost all nouns ending in -schaft are feminine: in a German dictionary, 95% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -schaft
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Meaning

[1] Total possession of a deceased person who can pass to the heirs in the event of inheritance

[1] gesamter Besitz einer verstorbenen Person, der im Erbfall an die Erben übergehen kann

Examples

[1] The entire inheritance was not sufficient to pay the testator's debt

[1] Die gesamte Erbschaft genügte nicht, um die Schulden des Erblassers zu begleichen.

[1] "Friedrich had his small inheritance paid out and disappeared to two years" "

[1] „Friedrich ließ sich seine kleine Erbschaft auszahlen und verschwand auf zwei Jahre.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Heinz must immediately find out about this inheritance, he has to know from the children"

[1] „Heinz muß sofort von dieser Erbschaft erfahren, er muß davon noch vor den Kindern wissen.“

[1] "You want to go to the inheritance and you enjoy"

[1] „Sie wollen an die Erbschaft und sie genießen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Erbschaft die Erbschaften
Genitiv der Erbschaft der Erbschaften
Dativ der Erbschaft den Erbschaften
Akkusativ die Erbschaft die Erbschaften

Pronunciation

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