Hospital

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See also: hospital and hôpital

English

Proper noun

Hospital (plural Hospitals)

  1. A surname.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌhɔspiˈtaːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Hospital n (strong, genitive Hospitals, plural Hospitale or Hospitäler)

  1. (literary, dated) Alternative form of Spital

Declension

Declension of Hospital
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Hospital die Hospitale, Hospitäler
genitive eines des Hospitals der Hospitale, Hospitäler
dative einem dem Hospital den Hospitalen, Hospitälern
accusative ein das Hospital die Hospitale, Hospitäler

Further reading

  • “Hospital” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Hospital” in Duden online
  • “Hospital” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hunsrik

Etymology

    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese hospital, from Old Galician-Portuguese espital, from Late Latin hospitāle, from Latin hospitālis, from Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis.[1] Doublet of Spitaal.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ospiˈtaːl/, /ospiˈtal/, /hospiˈtaːl/, /hospiˈtal/
    • Rhymes: -aːl, -al
    • Syllabification: Hos‧pi‧tal

    Noun

    Hospital m (plural Hospital)

    1. Synonym of Krankehaus (“hospital”)

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Hospital”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 79, column 2
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