Hostess
See also: hostess
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Hosteß (superseded)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English hostess.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
Hostess f (genitive Hostess, plural Hostessen)
Usage notes edit
- The spelling Hostess has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Hosteß) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.
Declension edit
Declension of Hostess [feminine]