gesundheit
/ɡəˈzʊnt.hʌɪt/UK/ɡəˈzʊnt.haɪt/
gesundheit interjection: said to someone who has just sneezed.
Interjection
- Said to someone who has just sneezed.
- Everybody Was at It, and There Was No One to Say Gesundheit1897 July 24, “SNEEZES INTERRUPTED COURT”, in The Albany Law Journal, volume 56, number 4, page 67
- I used to play a game with David and Douggie, Dennis and Drew — stop their sneezes midsniff just by placing my pinkie finger against their nostrils and saying gesundheit before it was time.2000, Abby Frucht, Polly's Ghost: A Novel (Fiction), Scribner, →ISBN, page 55
- Said in response to a word that sounds onomatopoeically similar to a sneeze.
- Flynn: All right, Blondie.
Rapunzel: Rapunzel!
Flynn: Gesundheit.2010 November, Dan Fogelman, directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, Tangled, Walt Disney Pictures
- Flynn: All right, Blondie.
- Used as a toast
- Gesundheit, grandpa1906, Rainier Beer advertisement
Synonyms of gesundheit
Forms of gesundheit
| alternative form | Gesundheit |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gezuntheit |
Origin of gesundheit
Unadapted borrowing from German Gesundheit (literally “health”), from gesund (“healthy”). The adjective is cognate with English sound, from Old English ġesund (“sound, safe, healthy”).
Questions about gesundheit
- What does gesundheit mean?
- Gesundheit means said to someone who has just sneezed.
- What part of speech is gesundheit?
- Gesundheit is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce gesundheit?
- Gesundheit is pronounced /ɡəˈzʊnt.haɪt/ (UK).
Words near gesundheit in the dictionary
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