Hämorrhoide
German
Alternative forms
- Hämorride
Etymology
From Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροίδες (haimorrhoídes), from αἱμόρροος (haimórrhoos, “flowing with blood”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) and the root of ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɛmɔʁoˈiːdə], [hɛmɔʁoˈʔiːdə]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Hä‧mor‧rho‧i‧de
Noun
Hämorrhoide f (genitive Hämorrhoide, plural Hämorrhoiden)
- haemorrhoid (UK), hemorrhoid (US)
Declension
Declension of Hämorrhoide [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Hämorrhoide | die | Hämorrhoiden |
genitive | einer | der | Hämorrhoide | der | Hämorrhoiden |
dative | einer | der | Hämorrhoide | den | Hämorrhoiden |
accusative | eine | die | Hämorrhoide | die | Hämorrhoiden |
Further reading
- “Hämorrhoide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hämorrhoide” in Duden online
- “Hämorrhoide” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon