What does Lebensmittelvergiftung mean in English?

In English, die Lebensmittelvergiftung means “food poisoning”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Lebensmittelvergiftung?

Nominative: die Lebensmittelvergiftung. Accusative: die Lebensmittelvergiftung. Dative: der Lebensmittelvergiftung.

Lebensmittelvergiftung: der, die or das?

dieLebensmittelvergiftung

Food poisoning

feminin · feminineBody and healthLevel: Intermediate

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

Lebensmittelvergiftung: word facts

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

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Why does Lebensmittelvergiftung take die?

Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 337 of 337 such words take die (100%).

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Lebensmittelvergiftung in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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