AIDS
(das) Aids
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AIDS
A serious disease caused by the HIV virus in which the immune system is severely damaged and the body can no longer defend itself effectively against infections and certain types of cancer.
Eine wirksame Behandlung kann verhindern, dass eine HIV-Infektion zu Aids fortschreitet.
Effective treatment can prevent an HIV infection from progressing to AIDS.
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| genitive | des Aids |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | (das) Aids | – |
| accusative | (das) Aids | – |
| dative | (dem) Aids | – |
| genitive | des Aids des Aids’ | – |
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When talking about diseases, „Aids“ (AIDS) often follows „an“ (of/from) when expressing that someone develops the disease or dies from it. The fixed expressions are „an Aids erkranken“ (to develop AIDS) and „an Aids sterben“ (to die of AIDS); „an“ is used here with the dative.
Er ist vor vielen Jahren an Aids erkrankt.
He developed AIDS many years ago.
Früher starben viele Menschen an Aids.
Many people used to die of AIDS.
Common collocations include „eine Aids-Therapie“ (AIDS therapy), „an Aids erkranken“ (to develop AIDS), „mit Aids leben“ (to live with AIDS), and „Aids behandeln“ (to treat AIDS). These expressions usually relate to medical treatment or everyday life with the disease.
Dank der Therapie kann sie mit Aids ein weitgehend normales Leben führen.
Thanks to the therapy, she can lead a largely normal life with AIDS.
„Aids“ (AIDS) often appears together with health-related words such as „Immunsystem“ (immune system), „Infektion“ (infection), „Therapie“ (therapy), or „Behandlung“ (treatment). Such signal words show that the term is being used in a medical or public health context.
Aids schwächt das Immunsystem so stark, dass auch harmlose Infektionen gefährlich werden können.
AIDS weakens the immune system so severely that even harmless infections can become dangerous.
