Privatpatient

German

Etymology

privat +‎ Patient

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʁiˈvaːtpaˌt͡si̯ɛnt]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Pri‧vat‧pa‧ti‧ent

Noun

Privatpatient m (weak, genitive Privatpatienten, plural Privatpatienten, feminine Privatpatientin)

1. (Germany, healthcare, colloquial) a patient who is member of a private health insurance, as opposed to a member of an insurance that belongs to the national health insurance system

   Antonym: Kassenpatient

Declension

Declension of Privatpatient [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Privatpatient	die	Privatpatienten
genitive	eines	des	Privatpatienten	der	Privatpatienten
dative	einem	dem	Privatpatienten	den	Privatpatienten
accusative	einen	den	Privatpatienten	die	Privatpatienten

Further reading

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