Definition
A facility where sick or injured people receive inpatient medical treatment.
Translations
- English
- hospital
- Français
- hôpital
- Türkçe
- hastane
- Polski
- szpital
- Русский
- больница
- Українська
- лікарня
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Krankenhaus
- A2
- Noun
- Body & Health
- City & Places
hospital
/das ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌhaʊ̯s/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Krankenhäuser
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Compound
- Topics
- Body & HealthPrimaryCity & Places
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Krankenhaus liegt direkt neben dem Park.NominativSing.The hospital is right next to the park.
- Nach dem Unfall kam er ins Krankenhaus.AkkusativSing.After the accident, he ended up in hospital.
- Seine Familie bringt ihn ins Krankenhaus.AkkusativSing.His family takes him to hospital.
- Meine Schwester arbeitet im Krankenhaus.DativSing.My sister works at the hospital.
- Der Eingang des Krankenhauses ist dort.GenitivSing.The entrance to the hospital is over there.
- In dieser Stadt gibt es zwei Krankenhäuser.AkkusativPlur.There are two hospitals in this city.
- Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Krankenhäusern funktioniert gut.DativPlur.Cooperation between the hospitals works well.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
-
Lemma
Krankenhaus/ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌhaʊ̯s/
-
Article phrase
das Krankenhaus/das ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌhaʊ̯s/
-
Plural
Krankenhäuser/ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌhɔʏ̯zɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Krankenhaus | die Krankenhäuser |
| Akkusativ | das Krankenhaus | die Krankenhäuser |
| Dativ | dem Krankenhaus | den Krankenhäusern |
| Genitiv | des Krankenhauses | der Krankenhäuser |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionins Krankenhaus kommenin + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionim Krankenhaus arbeitenin + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionaus dem Krankenhaus kommenaus + Dativ
- Sentence patternjemanden ins Krankenhaus bringen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymKlinik — clinic
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.