hjertestop

Danish

Etymology

From hjerte (heart) +‎ stop (stop). First attested in 1957.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛrtəstɔp/, [ˈjæɐ̯d̥əˌsd̥ʌb̥]

Noun

hjertestop n (singular definite hjertestoppet, plural indefinite hjertestop)

  1. heart failure
  2. cardiac arrest

Inflection

Declension of hjertestop
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjertestop hjertestoppet hjertestop hjertestoppene
genitive hjertestops hjertestoppets hjertestops hjertestoppenes

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