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Ich muss meinen Termin wegen Krankheit absagen.
I have to cancel my appointment due to illness.
In German
Ich muss meinen Termin wegen Krankheit absagen.
Ikh mooss my-nen tair-meen vay-gen krank-hyt ap-zah-gen.
🇬🇧 English
I have to cancel my appointment due to illness.
🇪🇸 Español
Tengo que cancelar mi cita por enfermedad.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Devo annullare il mio appuntamento per malattia.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ich | I | Pronoun |
| muss | must/have to | Modal verb (conjugated) |
| meinen | my | Possessive pronoun (accusative) |
| Termin | appointment | Noun (masculine, accusative) |
| wegen | due to | Preposition |
| Krankheit | illness | Noun (feminine, genitive/dative) |
| absagen | to cancel | Separable verb (infinitive) |
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Grammar Point
Preposition "wegen" (governs genitive, often used with dative in spoken language)
Variations
Aufgrund einer Krankheit kann ich den Termin nicht wahrnehmen.
Due to an illness, I cannot attend the appointment.
Ich bin leider krank und muss den Termin absagen.
Unfortunately, I am sick and have to cancel the appointment.
Related
I would have time on Wednesday at 10 AM.
Ich hätte am Mittwoch um 10 Uhr Zeit.
Ikh het-teh am mitt-vokh oom tsayn oor tsyt.
I have to move the appointment back by one hour.
Ich muss den Termin um eine Stunde nach hinten verschieben.
Ikh mooss dain tair-meen oom eye-neh shtoon-deh nahkh hin-ten fair-shee-ben.
I traveled specifically for this appointment.
Ich bin extra für diesen Termin angereist.
Ikh bin eks-trah foer dee-zen tair-meen an-geh-ry-sst.