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Fieber

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Wenn ein Mensch Fieber hat, behandelt der Arzt die Krankheit, die die Ursache des Fiebers ist.

When a person has a fever, the doctor treats the illness that is the cause of the fever.

Wenn das jedoch nicht genügt und das Fieber sehr hoch bleibt, dann gibt er dem kranken Menschen ein Medikament, welches das Fieber senkt.

If that is not enough, however, and the fever remains very high, he gives the sick person a medication that lowers the fever.

Fieber über 40 Grad ist gefährlich.

A fever above 40 degrees is dangerous.

3 words above C2

Mensch
person, human being plural: Menschen
Menschen
person, human being (dative singular) dative singular of 'Mensch'
welches
which (relative pronoun, neuter nominative/accusative) can be used instead of 'das' as a relative pronoun

Grammar in this text

Subordinate clause with verb at the end

Wenn ein Mensch Fieber hat

In clauses introduced by 'wenn', the finite verb moves to the final position.

Relative clause with 'welches'

dann gibt er dem kranken Menschen ein Medikament, welches das Fieber senkt

'welches' is a relative pronoun for neuter nouns in nominative or accusative, equivalent to 'das'.

Wechselpräposition 'über' with accusative

Fieber über 40 Grad

Here 'über' takes the accusative and means 'above' or 'more than', expressing a quantity/degree.

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