Vocabulary
die
Demenz
· noun· Pl. die Demenzen
dementia
Doctors, care and families: when memory, orientation and language slowly fade. Respectful phrasing: „Menschen mit Demenz“.
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- Singular
- die Demenz
- Plural
- die Demenzen
- Genitiv
- der Demenz
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Demenz
dementia
Der alte Mann leide an Demenz, inzwischen im fortgeschrittenen Stadium.
The old man suffered from dementia, he said, by now at an advanced stage.
Word family
Demenzdemenzkranksuffering from dementiadementdemented (common, but avoid it as a label for a person)die Demenzerkrankungdementia (as an illness)
Common combinations
- an Demenz erkrankento develop dementia
- an Demenz leidento suffer from dementia
- Menschen mit Demenzpeople living with dementia
Real examples
- Der alte Mann leide an Demenz, inzwischen im fortgeschrittenen Stadium.The old man suffered from dementia, he said, by now at an advanced stage.
- Ihre Großmutter ist vor zwei Jahren an Demenz erkrankt.Her grandmother developed dementia two years ago.
