Pest
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noun
- bubonic plague, the plague
- any of various unrelated epidemic diseases affecting animals
- anything that negatively affects vast areas, especially a natural disaster
- anything terrible or odious
name
- Pesta quarter in Budapest, Hungary
- Pesta county of Hungary
Forms
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pest | Pesten |
| genitive | Pest | Pesten |
| dative | Pest | Pesten |
| accusative | Pest | Pesten |
Used in the library
- Die Pest hat im Mittelalter fast ein Drittel der Stadt ausgelöscht.In the Middle Ages the plague wiped out almost a third of the city.B2Noch einmal, bitte (15) — Once more, please (15) (B2)
- Im Museum erinnert eine Tafel an ein von der Pest fast ausgelöschtes Dorf am Berg.In the museum a plaque commemorates a village on the mountain that was almost wiped out by the plague.B2Noch einmal, bitte (17) — Once more, please (17) (B2)
- Ein Führer erzählt den Schülern, wie die Pest im Mittelalter einen Großteil der Bewohner tötete.A guide tells the pupils how the plague killed a large part of the inhabitants in the Middle Ages.B2Noch einmal, bitte (8) — Once more, please (8) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- Beulenpestbubonic plague
- Plageplague (affliction or hardship, particularly when seen as a divine punishment); plague; epidemic
- Schwarzer TodBlack Death (the bubonic plague)
- Seuchea disease, usually infectious, that is seen as dangerous and destructive (be it to people, animals, or plants); an epidemic of such a disease