Allergie

See also: allergie

German

Etymology

Coined by Austrian physician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) +‎ Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Allergie f (genitive Allergie, plural Allergien)

1. (pathology, immunology) allergy

Declension

Declension of Allergie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Allergie	die	Allergien
genitive	einer	der	Allergie	der	Allergien
dative	einer	der	Allergie	den	Allergien
accusative	eine	die	Allergie	die	Allergien

Further reading

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