What does Krankengymnastik mean in English?

In English, die Krankengymnastik means “physiotherapy”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Krankengymnastik?

Nominative: die Krankengymnastik. Accusative: die Krankengymnastik. Dative: der Krankengymnastik.

Krankengymnastik: der, die or das?

dieKrankengymnastik

Physiotherapy

feminin · feminineBody and healthLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Krankengymnastik takes the article die (die Krankengymnastik). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “physiotherapy” in English.

Krankengymnastik: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Physiotherapy
Topic: Body and health
Yupo level: Intermediate

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Why does Krankengymnastik take die?

Nouns ending in -ik usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 31 of 33 such words take die (93%).

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Krankengymnastik in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Krankengymnastik
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Krankengymnastik
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Krankengymnastik