Intensivstation

German

Alternative forms

• IS (abbrevation, less common than English ICU)

Etymology

intensiv +‎ Station

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪntɛnˈziːfʃtaˌt͡si̯oːn/

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• Hyphenation: In‧ten‧siv‧sta‧ti‧on

Noun

Intensivstation f (genitive Intensivstation, plural Intensivstationen)

1. (medicine) intensive care unit

   Synonyms: (informal) Intensiv, (less common) Intensivpflegestation

Declension

Declension of Intensivstation [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Intensivstation	die	Intensivstationen
genitive	einer	der	Intensivstation	der	Intensivstationen
dative	einer	der	Intensivstation	den	Intensivstationen
accusative	eine	die	Intensivstation	die	Intensivstationen

Further reading

• “Intensivstation” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Intensivstation” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Intensivstation on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Intensivstation” in Duden online