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Hungerstreik

der Hungerstreik

Hungerstreik is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Hungerstreiks

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

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Why is it der Hungerstreik?

Hungerstreik is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: der Streik. So it’s der Hungerstreik.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Combat measure, which consists in the fact that a person refuses food intake until a condition named by it is fulfilled

[1] Kampfmaßnahme, die darin besteht, dass eine Person die Nahrungsaufnahme verweigert, bis eine von ihr benannte Bedingung erfüllt ist

Examples

[1] "They explained to the world of Paris that there was no hunger strike"

[1] „Sie erklärten der Welt von Paris aus, daß es keinen Hungerstreik gäbe.“

[1] "I step into the hunger strike, I don't have any other means of defending myself"

[1] „Ich trete in den Hungerstreik, mir bleibt kein anderes Mittel, mich zu wehren.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Since the appetite had long since passed, I decided to step into the hunger strike"

[1] „Da mir der Appetit längst vergangen war, hatte ich beschlossen, in den Hungerstreik zu treten.“
Grammar note

The declination 2 (Singular 2, Plural 2) is rarely used

Declension

1 Singular 1 Singular 2 Plural 1 Plural 2
Nominativ der Hungerstreik der Hungerstreik die Hungerstreiks die Hungerstreike
Genitiv des Hungerstreiks des Hungerstreikes des Hungerstreiks der Hungerstreiks der Hungerstreike
Dativ dem Hungerstreik dem Hungerstreik dem Hungerstreike den Hungerstreiks den Hungerstreiken
Akkusativ den Hungerstreik den Hungerstreik die Hungerstreiks die Hungerstreike

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