Allergie

See also: allergie

German

Etymology

Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Allergie f (genitive Allergie, plural Allergien)

  1. (pathology, immunology) allergy

Declension
Declension of Allergie [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Allergie die Allergien
genitive einer der Allergie der Allergien
dative einer der Allergie den Allergien
accusative eine die Allergie die Allergien

Further reading
  • “Allergie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Allergie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Allergie” in Duden online
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