ostalgia

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English

Etymology 1

From osteo- +‎ -algia.

Noun

ostalgia (usually uncountable, plural ostalgias)

  1. (pathology) Synonym of ostealgia
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Ostalgie, a play on Ost (east) +‎ Nostalgie (nostalgia).

Noun

ostalgia (uncountable)

  1. German nostalgia for the era of East Germany.
Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English Ostalgie).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈostɑlɡiɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): os‧tal‧gia

Noun

ostalgia

  1. Ostalgie

Declension

Inflection of ostalgia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative ostalgia ostalgiat
genitive ostalgian ostalgioiden
ostalgioitten
partitive ostalgiaa ostalgioita
illative ostalgiaan ostalgioihin
singular plural
nominative ostalgia ostalgiat
accusative nom. ostalgia ostalgiat
gen. ostalgian
genitive ostalgian ostalgioiden
ostalgioitten
ostalgiain rare
partitive ostalgiaa ostalgioita
inessive ostalgiassa ostalgioissa
elative ostalgiasta ostalgioista
illative ostalgiaan ostalgioihin
adessive ostalgialla ostalgioilla
ablative ostalgialta ostalgioilta
allative ostalgialle ostalgioille
essive ostalgiana ostalgioina
translative ostalgiaksi ostalgioiksi
abessive ostalgiatta ostalgioitta
instructive ostalgioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ostalgia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ostalgiani ostalgiani
accusative nom. ostalgiani ostalgiani
gen. ostalgiani
genitive ostalgiani ostalgioideni
ostalgioitteni
ostalgiaini rare
partitive ostalgiaani ostalgioitani
inessive ostalgiassani ostalgioissani
elative ostalgiastani ostalgioistani
illative ostalgiaani ostalgioihini
adessive ostalgiallani ostalgioillani
ablative ostalgialtani ostalgioiltani
allative ostalgialleni ostalgioilleni
essive ostalgianani ostalgioinani
translative ostalgiakseni ostalgioikseni
abessive ostalgiattani ostalgioittani
instructive
comitative ostalgioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ostalgiasi ostalgiasi
accusative nom. ostalgiasi ostalgiasi
gen. ostalgiasi
genitive ostalgiasi ostalgioidesi
ostalgioittesi
ostalgiaisi rare
partitive ostalgiaasi ostalgioitasi
inessive ostalgiassasi ostalgioissasi
elative ostalgiastasi ostalgioistasi
illative ostalgiaasi ostalgioihisi
adessive ostalgiallasi ostalgioillasi
ablative ostalgialtasi ostalgioiltasi
allative ostalgiallesi ostalgioillesi
essive ostalgianasi ostalgioinasi
translative ostalgiaksesi ostalgioiksesi
abessive ostalgiattasi ostalgioittasi
instructive
comitative ostalgioinesi