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German Word of the Day

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der Chirurg (-en)  surgeon
die Chirurgin (-nen)  surgeon (f.)

Er ist Chirurg an einer Berliner Klinik.
He's a surgeon at a Berlin hospital.
Ein chinesischer Chirurg schenkt tschechischen Skifreunden frischgebackene Shrimps. (Zungenbrecher)
A Chinese surgeon gives Czech ski fans freshly baked shrimps. (German tongue twister)

Related: die Chirurgie surgery, chirurgisch surgical - Chirurg and all its forms are French Loan Words in German

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