🇬🇧 English from 🇩🇪 German Alle Wörter
hospital
/ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/
A1 noun Places
🇩🇪 German: Krankenhaus
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🇬🇧 Listen & Repeat (English)

Definition

🇬🇧 English
noun

A large building where sick or injured people receive medical treatment and care.

Definition

🇩🇪 German

Größeres Gebäude oder Gebäudekomplex mit einer medizinischen Einrichtung, in dem Krankheiten, Leiden oder körperliche Schäden bei Menschen festgestellt und jene durch stationäre oder ambulante Behandlung geheilt oder gelindert sowie Geburtshilfe und Sterbebegleitung geleistet werden.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Countable noun. Plural: hospitals. In British English, you say 'go to hospital' (no article) when you are a patient: 'She went to hospital.' With the article, it means visiting: 'I went to the hospital to see my friend.' In American English: always 'the hospital'.

Cultural Notes

The NHS (National Health Service) provides free hospital care for everyone in the UK. The symbol of a hospital is a red cross or a blue H on road signs. 'Hospital corners' are a way of folding bed sheets very neatly, like in a hospital.

Example Sentences

The woman was in hospital after the accident.

"The woman was in hospital after the accident."

🇩🇪 "Die Frau lag nach dem Unfall im Krankenhaus."

The nurse in the hospital is pushing a wheelchair.

"The nurse in the hospital is pushing a wheelchair."

🇩🇪 "Die Krankenschwester im Krankenhaus schiebt einen Rollstuhl."

Fill in the Blank 🇬🇧 English

The woman was in ___ after the accident.

Practice Quiz

1. In British English, when you are a patient, you say:
2. The NHS provides hospital care in:

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