Also means
intoxication
Usage Note
Vergiftung is poisoning, from vergiften (to poison), built on Gift (poison). Food poisoning is Lebensmittelvergiftung; carbon-monoxide poisoning is Kohlenmonoxidvergiftung. Beware the false friend Gift, which is not a present.
Examples
"Die Ärzte vermuteten eine Vergiftung durch verdorbenes Essen."
Natural Translation
The doctors suspected poisoning from spoiled food.
Literal Translation
The doctors suspected a poisoning through spoiled food.
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