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a severe infectious disease historically causing major epidemics
“Pest” has one syllable; sentence emphasis controls its prominence.
Im Mittelalter starben viele Menschen an der Pest.
Die Pest verbreitete sich entlang der Handelswege.
Das Museum zeigt Dokumente über die Pest.
Pest names the plague; an der Pest sterben means “die of the plague.”
Pest names the plague; an der Pest sterben means “die of the plague.” Example: “In the Middle Ages, many people died of the plague.”
In the German sentence “Im Mittelalter starben viele Menschen an der Pest.”, what does “Pest” mean?
