Hüfte

German

Etymology

From early modern German Hüfte (“hips”), plural of Huft (“hip”), itself with paragogic -t from Middle High German huf, from Old High German huf, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeu̯bh₂-. Cognate with Dutch heup, English hip, Danish hofte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏftə/

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Noun

Hüfte f (genitive Hüfte, plural Hüften)

1. (anatomy) hip; hips

Usage notes

• The German singular may refer to a person’s left or right hip, or to both hips collectively. Hence, one can say that someone has eine breite Hüfte or breite Hüften (“wide hips”) with no change in meaning.

Derived terms

• Hüftknochen m (“hip bone”)

Further reading

• “Hüfte” in Duden online