hospital

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
2. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
3. (obsolete) A place of lodging.

Adj

Hospitable.

Konzepte

Krankenhaus

Hospital

Spital

Klinik

Lazarett

Station

Gesundheitszentrum

Heeresspital

Klinikum

-s

Krankenhaus -es

-täler

-häuser

Feldlazarett

Krankenrevier

Krankenstation

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English hospital, hospitall, from Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hotel and hostel. Displaced native Middle English lechehous, from Old English lǣċehūs (literally “doctor house”).

Sätze

The ambulance drove quickly to the hospital .

Der Krankenwagen fuhr schnell ins Krankenhaus.