# die Hungersnot

die Hungersnot is a German noun meaning “famine”. Forms: der Hungersnot, die Hungersnöte.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Hungersnot
- Plural: die Hungersnöte

## In other languages

- Русский: голод
- Українська: голод

## Meanings

1. famine
   - 2003, Franz Eugen Schlachter, Die Bibel (“Schlachter 2000”), Genfer Bibelgesellschaft, Kings I 7:50 — And the whole world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, for there was a great famine over the entire Earth.
2. dearth; famine
   - Aufgrund der anhaltenden Dürre ist ganz Somalia von einer Hungersnot bedroht.

## Examples

- Auf die lange Dürre folgte eine Hungersnot. — The long drought was followed by famine.
- Deswegen geraten so viele Menschen in Hungersnot. — That is why so many people are suffering from famine.
- Diese Länder wurden oft von einer Hungersnot heimgesucht. — These countries were often visited with famine.
- Es grassiert eine Hungersnot. — There's a famine.
- Deutschland drohte eine Hungersnot. — Germany faced possible starvation.

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