Hüfte
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editHüfte f (genitive Hüfte, plural Hüften)
Usage notes
edit- 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. Compare the same in Lunge.
Declension
editDeclension of Hüfte [feminine]
Derived terms
edit- Hüftgold
- Hüftknochen m (“hip bone”)
Further reading
edit- “Hüfte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hüfte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Hüfte” in Duden online
- Hüfte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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