Spital

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See also: spital, špital, and špitál

English

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Proper noun

Spital

  1. A suburb of Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9675).
  2. An eastern suburb of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3970).
  3. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).

See also

References

  1. ^ OS: Berkshire

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German spitāl, hospitāl, from Old High German *hospitāl (attested in hospitālhūs (“hospital”)), from Latin hospitale.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Spital n (strong, genitive Spitals, plural Spitäler)

  1. (dated outside Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Southern Germany) hospital
    Synonym: (overall more common) Krankenhaus
  2. (dated) nursing home
  3. (dated) poorhouse

Usage notes

  • The word remains predominant (vis-à-vis Krankenhaus) in Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and South Tyrol. Both words are common in many parts of southern Germany. In northern and central Germany, Spital is dated and now used almost exclusively by some of the older generation.

Declension

Declension of Spital
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Spital die Spitäler
genitive eines des Spitals der Spitäler
dative einem dem Spital den Spitälern
accusative ein das Spital die Spitäler

Descendants

Further reading

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