Feminine
Hüfte
Meaning
hip; hips
Concepts
hind end
tooshie
pelvic region
caboose
Synonyms
Allerwerteste
Pferderücken
Voute
Pöker
Käcker
Pseudokrupp
Nutzapfen
Bogenschenkel
Abbaustoß
Hinterbacke
Kruppe
Translations
Frequency
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.
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