German

Noun

Erkrankung f ‎(genitive Erkrankung, plural Erkrankungen)

1. falling ill
2. illness
   • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 84:

     [...] und manche beglückwünschten ihn zu seiner Genesung in so scherzhaftem Ton, als hätten sie seine Erkrankung nie recht ernst genommen.

     [...] and some congratulated him to his recovery in such a humorous tone, as if they had never taken his illness really seriously.

3. disease

Declension