noun
patient, sick person
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Kranke (der Kranke, plural Kranken): a sick person or patient. Common translations: 'patient' or 'sick person'. It's a weak noun (n-declension): many oblique cases add -n (des Kranken, dem Kranken, die Kranken). Nominative singular der Kranke; plural die Kranken. Used often in medical contexts.
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Der Kranke wartet im Wartezimmer auf den Arzt.
The patient is waiting in the waiting room for the doctor.
Als Kranke braucht sie viel Ruhe und Pflege.
As a sick person she needs a lot of rest and care.
Das Pflegepersonal verteilte die Medikamente für die Kranken, weil mehrere Patienten Fieber hatten.
The nursing staff distributed the medication for the sick patients because several patients had a fever.
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Imagine a person in bed with a thermometer and a glass of water labeled 'Kranke'.
Sounds like 'cranky' — imagine someone feeling ill and cranky.
der — often used as 'der Kranke' for a male patient; forms exist for both genders.
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Kranke is a nominalized adjective meaning 'sick person' and can be used for men and women (der Kranke / die Kranke). Context often determines gender; the plural is die Kranken.