Hypochondrie

German

Etymology

18th century back-formation from hypochondrisch, presumably influenced by French hypochondrie, from New Latin hypochondria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hypoxɔnˈdʁiː/
• Hyphenation: Hy‧po‧chon‧drie

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Noun

Hypochondrie f (genitive Hypochondrie, plural Hypochondrien)

1. hypochondria

Declension

Declension of Hypochondrie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hypochondrie	die	Hypochondrien
genitive	einer	der	Hypochondrie	der	Hypochondrien
dative	einer	der	Hypochondrie	den	Hypochondrien
accusative	eine	die	Hypochondrie	die	Hypochondrien

Descendants

• → Japanese: ヒポコンデリー (hipokonderī)

Further reading

• “Hypochondrie” in Duden online