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The article for

Medizin

die Medizin

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

Plural
die Medizinen
English
medicine
Level
B1
Topic
Medicine

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Why is it die Medizin?

Medizin ends in -in, and most nouns ending in -in are feminine: in a German dictionary, 88% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -in
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] No plural: scientific medicine

[1] kein Plural: wissenschaftliche Heilkunde

[2] (liquid) drug

[2] (flüssiges) Arzneimittel

Examples

[1] I study medicine

[1] Ich studiere Medizin.

[1] "The rehabilitation (restoration) of the physical and mental abilities of the patients is also the task of the medicine" "

[1] „Auch die Rehabilitation (Wiederherstellung) der körperlichen und geistigen Fähigkeiten der Patienten ist Aufgabe der Medizin.“
More source examples (2)

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[2] Take your medicine

[2] Nimm deine Medizin!

[2] "He assured me that some felt justified because they only considered the wine as a medicine"

[2] „Er versicherte mir, daß manche sich dazu berechtigt fühlten, da sie den Wein nur als Medizin betrachteten.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Medizin die Medizinen
Genitiv der Medizin der Medizinen
Dativ der Medizin den Medizinen
Akkusativ die Medizin die Medizinen

Pronunciation

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