Hüfte

German

Etymology

From early modern German Hüfte (“hips”), plural of Huft (“hip”), itself with paragogic -t from Middle High German huf, from Old High German huf, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeu̯bh₂-. Cognate with Dutch heup, English hip, Danish hofte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhʏftə/
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Noun

Hüfte f (genitive Hüfte, plural Hüften)

(anatomy) hip; hips

Usage notes

The German singular may refer to a person’s left or right hip, or to both hips collectively. Hence, one can say that someone has eine breite Hüfte or breite Hüften (“wide hips”) with no change in meaning.

Declension

Declension of Hüfte

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hüfte	die	Hüften
genitive	einer	der	Hüfte	der	Hüften
dative	einer	der	Hüfte	den	Hüften
accusative	eine	die	Hüfte	die	Hüften

Derived terms

Hüftknochen m (“hip bone”)