Aids

See also: aids, AIDS, aïds, and Aïds

English

Noun

Aids (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).
    • 2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian:
      If you were a South African health journalist during the late 1990s and early 2000s, you were mostly an Aids reporter.

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English AIDS, from acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɪ̯ts/, /eːts/
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Noun

Aids n (strong, genitive Aids, no plural)

  1. AIDS (disease)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Aids-Kranker, Aidskranker
  • Aids-Toter, Aidstoter

See also

  • Appendix:GfdS words of the year#1987

Further reading

  • Aids” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Aids” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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