Husten

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See also: husten

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuːstən/
  • Hyphenation: Hus‧ten
  • Hyphenation: Hu‧sten (pre-1996)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German huoste, from Old High German huosto, from Proto-West Germanic *hwōstō, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.

Noun

Husten m (strong, genitive Hustens, plural Husten, diminutive Hüsterchen n)

  1. cough
Usage notes
  • The plural is extremely rare. It could only be used in the sense of “different kinds of cough” and (doubtfully) “different periods of illness involving cough”.
  • The diminutive is perhaps originally that of Huster (“an instance of coughing”), but it also substitutes the diminutive of Husten, e.g. in the sense of “a slight affection by cough”.
Declension
Declension of Husten
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Husten die Husten
genitive eines des Hustens der Husten
dative einem dem Husten den Husten
accusative einen den Husten die Husten
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Etymology 2

Nominalization of the verb husten

Noun

Husten n (strong, genitive Hustens, no plural)

  1. gerund of husten: the act of coughing, a certain way of it
Declension
Declension of Husten
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Husten
genitive eines des Hustens
dative einem dem Husten
accusative ein das Husten

Further reading

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