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Krise

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

Plural
die Krisen
English
crisis
Level
B1

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Why is it die Krise?

Krise ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

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Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] unstable condition

[1] instabiler Zustand

Examples

[1] The international finances are currently in a crisis

[1] Die internationalen Finanzen befinden sich zur Zeit in einer Krise.

[1] "If the emperor went on vacation, the crisis could not be particularly dangerous"

[1] „Wenn der Kaiser in die Ferien fuhr, konnte die Krise wohl nicht besonders gefährlich sein.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "We had to do our crises ourselves"

[1] „Wir mussten uns unsere Krisen selber machen.“

[1] "Under Putin as President, there was a first major diplomatic crisis between Moscow and Kiewä"

[1] „Unter Putin als Präsident kam es zu einer ersten großen diplomatischen Krise zwischen Moskau und Kiew.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Krise die Krisen
Genitiv der Krise der Krisen
Dativ der Krise den Krisen
Akkusativ die Krise die Krisen

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