Husten

See also: husten

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːstən/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German huosto.

Noun

Husten m (genitive Hustens, plural Husten, diminutive Hüsterchen n)

1. cough

Usage notes

• The plural is extremely rare. It could only be used in the sense of “different kinds of cough” and (doubtfully) “different periods of illness involving cough”.
• The diminutive is perhaps originally that of Huster (“an instance of coughing”), but it also substitutes the diminutive of Husten, e.g. in the sense of “a slight affection by cough”.

Related terms

• husten

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the verb husten

Noun

Husten n (genitive Hustens, no plural)

1. gerund of husten; cough

Further reading

• “Husten” in Duden online