Krankenhaus German · revision 35544

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌhaʊ̯s/, /ˈkʁaŋkŋ̍ˌhaʊ̯s/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Krankenhaus''' ''n'' (genitive Krankenhauses, plural Krankenhäuser, diminutive Krankenhäuschen n)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|Kranke|Haus]], a compound of the noun “sick person”, the noun use of [[krank]], with the linking element “-en-”.^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Paul dates it to Rädlein's dictionary of 1711, with a forerunner in the Teuthonista of 1477, which has ''krankstuben oder hus'' “sickroom or house”.^(Paul 2002)^(DWB|11, 2037) It meant a [[m|en|military hospital]] or infirmary, but also a private house in which someone lay ill.^(DWB|11, 2037)^(Adelung 1793|2, 1752)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Adelung around 1800 gives first the general sense “house in which someone is ill” and then the narrower and more usual one, a public building where poor patients are cared for and treated, matching [[Lazarett]] and Upper German ''Siechhaus''.^(Adelung 1793|2, 1752) Goethe wrote of a castle turned into a ''Krankenhaus'' in time of war.^(DWB|11, 2037) In Switzerland and Austria [[Spital]] is used instead, and the older ''Krankenspital'' is found in Stieler and Adelung.^(Paul 2002) Hungarian ''kórház'' (1806) is listed among the words modelled on German.^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1477 – The Teuthonista has ''krankstuben oder hus''.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1711 – ''Krankenhaus'' in Rädlein's dictionary.^(Paul 2002)

+ * Around 1800 – Adelung defines it as a public building for the care of poor patients.^(Adelung 1793|2, 1752)

+ * 1806 – Hungarian ''kórház'' is recorded.^(LWP)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|hospital]], a building where sick people are examined and treated, often for some time: ''Er musste drei Tage im Krankenhaus bleiben.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[krank]]

+ * [[Haus]]

+ * [[Spital]]

+ * [[Lazarett]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}