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
- (intransitive) To cough, push air from the lungs forcefully, as because of a cold
- (intransitive) To suffer from a (disease which causes a) cough
- (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 | hoest | hoestte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | hoest | hoestte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | hoest | hoestte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | hoest | hoestte | ||
| 3rd person singular | hoest | hoestte | ||
| plural | hoesten | hoestten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | hoeste | hoestte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | hoesten | hoestten | ||
| imperative sing. | hoest | |||
| imperative plur.1 | hoest | |||
| participles | hoestend | gehoest | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- gehoest n
- hoestvlaag
- ophoesten (verb)
- uithoesten (verb)
Related terms
- hoestmiddel n
Noun
hoesten
- Plural form of hoest