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Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail)
€ in Millions
1 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2017
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2018
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2018
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2017
EUR (€)
Jul. 09, 2018
EUR (€)
Aug. 09, 2017
EUR (€)
Aug. 09, 2017
$ / shares
Jul. 09, 2017
EUR (€)
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Aggregated net cash outflow for acquisitions     € 476 € 2,333        
Contingent liabilities recognised as of acquisition date   € 366 366          
Aggregated impact on goodwill     430 1,584        
Aggregated impact on other intangible assets     443 898        
Goodwill   € 8,503 8,503 7,731        
Aggregated net cash consideration for divestments     € 68          
Technology-based intangible assets [member]                
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Remaining amortisation period of intangible assets material to entity   10 10          
Acquisitions and divestments [Domain]                
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Aggregated net cash consideration for divestments       54        
EPDSolutionsLtd[Member]                
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Contingent liabilities recognised as of acquisition date   € 239 € 239   € 239      
Cash transferred         250      
Cash and cash equivalents recognised as of acquisition date   2 2   2      
Acquisition-related costs   6            
Goodwill   262 262   262      
Identifiable intangible assets recognised as of acquisition date   227 227   € 227      
Discount rate applied to cash flow projections         14.40%      
Remaining nine acquisitions [Member]                
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Aggregated net cash outflow for acquisitions       425        
Aggregated impact on goodwill       317        
Aggregated impact on other intangible assets       228        
Increase (decrease) in goodwill     24          
Changes In Other Intangible Assets     24          
Remaining nine acquisitions [Member] | Bottom of range [member]                
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Individual net cash outflow for acquisitions       3        
Remaining nine acquisitions [Member] | Top of range [member]                
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Individual net cash outflow for acquisitions       € 117        
Remaining eight acquisition [Member]                
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Aggregated net cash outflow for acquisitions     228          
Contingent liabilities recognised as of acquisition date   € 127 127          
Aggregated impact on goodwill     168          
Aggregated impact on other intangible assets     216          
Remaining eight acquisition [Member] | Bottom of range [member]                
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Individual net cash outflow for acquisitions     2          
Remaining eight acquisition [Member] | Top of range [member]                
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Individual net cash outflow for acquisitions     € 90          
The Spectranetics Corporation [Member]                
Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details (Detail) [Line Items]                
Cash transferred           € 1,441    
Cash and cash equivalents recognised as of acquisition date           53    
Goodwill               € 1,266
Identifiable intangible assets recognised as of acquisition date           € 670    
Purchase of businesses, paid in cash, per share | $ / shares             $ 38.50  
Countries of presence 11              
Number of employees           900    
Net cash outflow for acquisitions € 1,908              
Settlement of outstanding stock options 94              
Payoff of certain debt 378              
Settlement of various other items € 48