Why is it die Linderung?
Linderung ends in -ung, and nouns ending in -ung are feminine: in a German dictionary, 99% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -ung die
Meaning
[1] Acceptance or reduction of an unpleasant appearance (suffering, pain)
[1] Abnahme oder Verringerung einer unangenehmen Erscheinung (Leiden, Schmerzen)Examples
[1] "At some point the work was no longer a relief, just new pain"
[1] „Irgendwann brachte auch die Arbeit keine Linderung mehr, sondern nur neue Pein.“
[1] "He died in 1928 by the stomach cancer morphine and veronal were the emergency workers who gave him a little relief on his difficult path out of life"
[1] „Er starb 1928 am Magenkrebs; Morphium und Veronal waren die Nothelfer, die ihm auf seinem schweren Weg aus dem Leben ein wenig Linderung verschafften.“
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Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Linderung | die Linderungen |
| Genitiv | der Linderung | der Linderungen |
| Dativ | der Linderung | den Linderungen |
| Akkusativ | die Linderung | die Linderungen |
Pronunciation
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