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Verknappung

die Verknappung

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

Plural
die Verknappungen

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Why is it die Verknappung?

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

All nouns ending in -ung
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] process in which something decreases in its existence

[1] Vorgang, in dem etwas in seinem Bestand abnimmt

Examples

[1] The shortage of resources is a global problem

[1] Die Verknappung von Ressourcen ist ein globales Problem.

[1] "In the US state of Georgia, farmers burn large quantities of cotton in order to get the sales prices up again through artificial shortage"

[1] „Im US-Bundesstaat Georgia verbrennen Farmer große Mengen Baumwolle, um durch künstliche Verknappung die Verkaufspreise wieder in die Höhe zu bringen.“
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] “This was followed by a further shortage of the regular offer" every determination of maximum prices ”

[1] „So folgte jeder Festlegung von Höchstpreisen eine weitere Verknappung des regulären Angebots.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Verknappung die Verknappungen
Genitiv der Verknappung der Verknappungen
Dativ der Verknappung den Verknappungen
Akkusativ die Verknappung die Verknappungen

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