sjukhus – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of sjukhus

Noun: sjukhus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Sg. Indef.sjukhus
Sg. Def.sjukhuset
Pl. Indef.sjukhus
Pl. Def.sjukhusen

Genitive

Sg. Indef.sjukhus
Sg. Def.sjukhusets
Pl. Indef.sjukhus
Pl. Def.sjukhusens

Sample Sentences

  • Ur dårhus för en klok, och siukhus för en frisk (From a madhouse for a wise man, and a hospital for a healthy one) [1772, Olof Bergklint, “Granskning. Satir.”, in Utile Dulci, editor, Vitterhets-nöjen. Tredie delen:]
  • [...] däri de berättade för mig att de hade varit allvarsamt sjuka och måst in tagas på sjukhus. (in which they told me that they had been seriously ill and had to be admitted to a hospital) [1897, August Strindberg, Inferno, pages 56–57:]
  • Jag kunde inte annat än hålla med honom, sjukhus gör mig sjuk. (I could not help but agree with him, hospitals make me sick.) [2011, Henrika Andersson, Emma Gloria med lust och fägring stor, page 65:]

Etymology

1. Affix of sjuk (“sick”) + hus (“house”), inherited from Old Swedish siuka hus. Attested since 1480.
2. Cognate with English sickhouse, West Frisian sikehûs (“hospital”), Dutch ziekenhuis (“hospital”), German Low German Süükhuus, Sükenhuus (“hospital”), German Siechhaus, Siechenhaus (“infirmary”), Danish sygehus (“hospital”), Icelandic sjúkrahús (“hospital”). Compare also German Krankenhaus (“hospital”), Saterland Frisian Kroankenhuus (“hospital”), Old English lǣċehūs (“hospital”). See: English Nouns 'sickhouse', Dutch Nouns 'ziekenhuis', Danish Nouns 'sygehus', Icelandic Nouns 'sjúkrahús', German Nouns 'Krankenhaus', Old English Nouns 'lǣċehūs'.

Verbs referencing "sjukhus"

English Nouns sickhouse, Danish Nouns sygehus.

Translations

  • hospitalize, to send to a hospital