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Vergessenheit

die Vergessenheit

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

Plural
no plural

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Why is it die Vergessenheit?

Vergessenheit ends in -heit, and nouns ending in -heit are feminine: in a German dictionary, 99% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -heit
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] The condition that you no longer remember something

[1] der Zustand, dass man sich an etwas nicht mehr erinnert

Examples

[1] The political scandal of the MP was soon forgotten

[1] Der politische Skandal des Abgeordneten geriet schon bald in Vergessenheit.

[1] "Delta flies, the original type of hanging slide, has been forgotten with the advent of the paraglider"

[1] „Deltafliegen, die ursprüngliche Art des Hängegleitens, ist mit dem Aufkommen des Gleitschirmes etwas in Vergessenheit geraten.“
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The jokes have been forgotten after the First World War, as well as the corner of the Nantee"

[1] „Die Schusterjungenwitze sind nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg in Vergessenheit geraten, ebenso wie der Eckensteher Nante.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Vergessenheit —
Genitiv der Vergessenheit —
Dativ der Vergessenheit —
Akkusativ die Vergessenheit —

Pronunciation

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