hoesten

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See also: hösten

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦus.tə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: hoes‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ustən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hoesten, from Old Dutch *huoston, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną, derived from the strong verb *hwōsaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s-.

Verb

hoesten

  1. (intransitive) to cough, push air from the lungs forcefully, as because of a cold
  2. (intransitive) to suffer from a (disease which causes a) cough
  3. (intransitive) to clear one's throat, notably by emulating the above
Conjugation
Conjugation of hoesten (weak)
infinitive hoesten
past singular hoestte
past participle gehoest
infinitive hoesten
gerund hoesten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hoest hoestte
2nd person sing. (jij) hoest hoestte
2nd person sing. (u) hoest hoestte
2nd person sing. (gij) hoest hoestte
3rd person singular hoest hoestte
plural hoesten hoestten
subjunctive sing.1 hoeste hoestte
subjunctive plur.1 hoesten hoestten
imperative sing. hoest
imperative plur.1 hoest
participles hoestend gehoest
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: hoes
  • Negerhollands: hoest

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hoesten

  1. plural of hoest