Hoden

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hōde, from Old High German hodo, from Proto-Germanic *huþōn, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“cover”). Cognate with Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Ancient Greek σκῦτος (skûtos, “hide, leather”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Old Lithuanian kutỹs (“bag”), German Haut, Scheune, Schote etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhoːdən/, [-dən], [-dn̩]
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Rhymes: -oːdn̩

Noun

Hoden m (genitive Hodens, plural Hoden)

(anatomy) testicle

Declension

Declension of Hoden

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hoden	die	Hoden
genitive	eines	des	Hodens	der	Hoden
dative	einem	dem	Hoden	den	Hoden
accusative	einen	den	Hoden	die	Hoden

Synonyms

Ei
Klöten pl
Niere (obsolete)
Testikel

Derived terms

Hodensack