Hospital
English
Proper noun
Hospital (plural Hospitals)
- A surname.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌhɔspiˈtaːl/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Noun
Hospital n (strong, genitive Hospitals, plural Hospitale or Hospitäler)
- (literary, dated) alternative form of Spital
Declension
Declension of Hospital [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Hospital | die | Hospitale, Hospitäler |
| genitive | eines | des | Hospitals | der | Hospitale, Hospitäler |
| dative | einem | dem | Hospital | den | Hospitalen, Hospitälern |
| accusative | ein | das | Hospital | die | Hospitale, Hospitäler |
Further reading
- “Hospital” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hospital” in Duden online
- “Hospital” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Hunsrik
Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese hospital, from Old Galician-Portuguese espital, from Late Latin hospitāle, from Latin hospitālis, from Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis.[1] Doublet of Spitaal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ospiˈtaːl/, /ospiˈtal/, /hospiˈtaːl/, /hospiˈtal/
- Rhymes: -aːl, -al
- Syllabification: Hos‧pi‧tal
Noun
Hospital m (plural Hospital)
- synonym of Krankehaus (“hospital”)
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Hospital”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 79, column 2