Medizin
German
Alternative forms
- Medicin (pre-1901)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ˌ)me.di.ˈtsiːn/, [ˌmeːdi-], [ˌmɛdi-], [medi-], [mədi-]
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Me‧di‧zin
Noun
Medizin f (genitive Medizin, plural Medizinen)
- medicine (the study of disease and treatment; the profession based thereon)
- Synonym: (chiefly in compounds) Heilkunde
- Er studiert Medizin. ― He studies medicine.
- In der Medizin gibt es viele Stellen. ― There are a lot of jobs in medicine.
- (especially figurative) medicine (healing substance or cure)
- Nimm deine Medizin! ― Take your medicine!
- Deine Liebe ist meine Medizin. ― Your love is my medicine.
Declension
Synonyms
- (substance): Medikament (commoner but not used figuratively); Arznei (dated); Arzneimittel (officialese)
Derived terms
Compound words
- Arbeitsmedizin
- Katastrophenmedizin
- Medizinflasche
- Medizinlabor
- Medizinschrank
- Medizintechnik
- Sportmedizin
- Umweltmedizin
- Zahnmedizin
Further reading
- “Medizin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Medizin” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Medizin” in Duden online
- “Medizin” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Medizin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /metiˈt͡siːn/
Further reading
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