Abszess

See also: Abszeß

German

Alternative forms

• Abszeß (especially pre-1996)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Abszess m or (mainly in Austria) n (strong, genitive Abszesses, plural Abszesse)

1. abscess

Usage notes

• The neuter form is mainly used in Austria.
• The spelling Abszess was deprecated in 1902 in the German spelling standardisation of the Second Orthographic Conference.
• The spelling Abszess has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform).

Declension

Declension of Abszess [masculine // neuter (mainly in Austria), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Abszess	die	Abszesse
genitive	eines	des	Abszesses	der	Abszesse
dative	einem	dem	Abszess, Abszesse1	den	Abszessen
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Abszess	die	Abszesse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

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