Hüfte

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German

Etymology

From early modern German Hüfte (“hips”), plural of Huft (“hip”), itself with paragogic -t from Middle High German huf, from Old High German huf, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeu̯bh₂-. Cognate with Dutch heup, English hip, Danish hofte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʏftə/
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Noun

Hüfte f (genitive Hüfte, plural Hüften)

  1. (anatomy) hip; hips

Usage notes

  • The German singular may refer to a person’s left or right hip, or to both hips collectively. Hence, one can say that someone has eine breite Hüfte or breite Hüften (“wide hips”) with no change in meaning. Compare the same in Lunge.

Declension

Declension of Hüfte
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hüfte die Hüften
genitive einer der Hüfte der Hüften
dative einer der Hüfte den Hüften
accusative eine die Hüfte die Hüften

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Hüfte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Hüfte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Hüfte” in Duden online
  • Hüfte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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