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Genick

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nounneuter
  1. nape of the neck
  2. the joint portion of the neck which joins the vertebraewhich has no regularly used English name

Forms

Declension

singularplural
nominativeGenickGenicke
genitiveGenicks / GenickesGenicke
dativeGenick / GenickeGenicken
accusativeGenickGenicke

Used in the library

  • Beim Sturz von der Leiter hat sich der Arbeiter fast das Genick gebrochen.Falling off the ladder, the worker almost broke his neck.B2Noch einmal, bitte (16) — Once more, please (16) (B2)
  • Beim Sturz vom Pferd hätte sich der Reiter fast das Genick gebrochen.In the fall from the horse the rider almost broke his neck.B2Noch einmal, bitte (4) — Once more, please (4) (B2)
  • Im ehemaligen Pferdestall erschoss die SS über 8000 sowjetische Kriegsgefangene durch einen Schuss ins Genick.In the former horse stable the SS killed over 8,000 Soviet prisoners of war with a shot to the back of the neck.B2Noch einmal, bitte (27) — Once more, please (27) (B2)

Other ways to say it

  • Nackennape of the neck

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