Prothese

See also: prothese and prothèse

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis) and πρόσθεσις (prósthesis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁoˈteːzə/

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Noun

Prothese f (genitive Prothese, plural Prothesen)

1. (medicine) prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
   • 2010 July 5, Markus Schleufe, “Der Glasaugen-Macher”, in Die Zeit‎^[1], Hamburg, →ISSN:

     Massenanfertigungen sucht man vergeblich, jede Prothese wird von Hand hergestellt.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (linguistics) prosthesis, prothesis (addition of a letter in the beginning of a word)

Declension

Declension of Prothese [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Prothese	die	Prothesen
genitive	einer	der	Prothese	der	Prothesen
dative	einer	der	Prothese	den	Prothesen
accusative	eine	die	Prothese	die	Prothesen

Related terms

• Prothetik

See also

• Prosthese
• Prosthesis

Further reading

• “Prothese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Prothese” in Duden online