Why is it die Intensivstation?
Intensivstation ends in -ion, and almost all nouns ending in -ion are feminine: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -ion die
Meaning
[1] Medicine, Architecture: Department of a Hospital in which patients lie whose life is in danger
[1] Medizin, Architektur: Abteilung eines Krankenhauses, in der Patienten liegen, deren Leben in Gefahr istExamples
[1] The patient was relocated to the intensive care unit
[1] Der Patient wurde auf die Intensivstation verlegt.
[1] "He was only allowed to leave the intensive care unit because the doctors no longer gave him a chance"
[1] „Die Intensivstation hatte er lediglich verlassen dürfen, weil die Ärzte ihm keine Chance mehr gaben.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "In order to treat the pulmonary disease Covid-19, those affected are supplied with ventilation devices in intensive care units"
[1] „Um das Lungenleiden Covid-19 zu behandeln, werden Betroffene auf Intensivstationen mit Beatmungsgeräten versorgt.“
[1] "Mannomann, I thought, this is really a damn well hidden intensive care unit"
[1] „Mannomann, dachte ich, das ist wirklich eine verdammt gut versteckte Intensivstation.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Intensivstation | die Intensivstationen |
| Genitiv | der Intensivstation | der Intensivstationen |
| Dativ | der Intensivstation | den Intensivstationen |
| Akkusativ | die Intensivstation | die Intensivstationen |
Pronunciation
In context
![[1] Krankenzimmer einer Intensivstation](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intensivstation_(01)_2007-03-03.jpg)
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