hoesten

See also: hösten

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • hoesten(file)
  • Rhymes: -ustən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hoesten, from Old Dutch *huoston, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną, derived from the strong verb *hwōsaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s-.

Verb

hoesten

  1. (intransitive) To cough, push air from the lungs forcefully, as because of a cold
  2. (intransitive) To suffer from a (disease which causes a) cough
  3. (intransitive) To clear one's throat, notably by emulating the above
Inflection
Inflection of hoesten (weak)
infinitive hoesten
past singular hoestte
past participle gehoest
infinitive hoesten
gerund hoesten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hoesthoestte
2nd person sing. (jij) hoesthoestte
2nd person sing. (u) hoesthoestte
2nd person sing. (gij) hoesthoestte
3rd person singular hoesthoestte
plural hoestenhoestten
subjunctive sing.1 hoestehoestte
subjunctive plur.1 hoestenhoestten
imperative sing. hoest
imperative plur.1 hoest
participles hoestendgehoest
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • hoestmiddel n

Etymology 2

Noun

hoesten

  1. Plural form of hoest
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