Feminine

Hüfte

Meaning

hip; hips

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

huft

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhʏftə/
Etymology

In summary

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.

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes