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The article for

Leukämie

die Leukämie

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

Plural
die Leukämien

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Why is it die Leukämie?

Leukämie ends in -ie, and nouns ending in -ie are feminine: in a German dictionary, 98% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ie
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Medicine: A disease of the blood -forming system

[1] Medizin: eine Erkrankung des blutbildenden Systems

Examples

[1] Petra suffers from leukemia

[1] Petra leidet an Leukämie.

[1] "The district manager always emphasized that there was no cause for concern, and soon died of leukemia"

[1] „Der Bezirksleiter betonte immer, es gebe keinen Anlass zur Sorge, und verstarb bald an Leukämie.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Leukämie die Leukämien
Genitiv der Leukämie der Leukämien
Dativ der Leukämie den Leukämien
Akkusativ die Leukämie die Leukämien

Pronunciation

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