Noun: gasthuis
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | gasthuis |
| Pl. | gasthuizen |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like gasthuis
godsbewijs,
sjmoes,
borrelglas,
provinciehuis,
vleermuis,
bootreis,
boothuis,
kleine barmsijs,
boelhuis,
schapenvlies,
bosmuis,
schildluis,
bejaardentehuis,
grachtenhuis,
maskergors,
kleine rietgans,
badhuis,
uurglas,
bakhuis,
schijthuis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From gast (“guest”) + huis (“house”).
2. From Middle Dutch gasthūs.
3. a. 1700s,
4. c. 1800s – c. hospital, almshouse, charitable institution.
5. This term as well as its Germanic cognates: Old High German gasthūs whence Middle High German gasthūs, Modern German Gasthaus, and Old English gæsthūs are likely calqued from Medieval Latin hospitale (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse, jail”), Cf. hôpital, hôtel. See: German Nouns '
Gasthaus', Old English Nouns '
gæsthūs'.
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