gasthuis

From gast (“guest”) +‎ huis (“house”). From Middle Dutch gasthūs.
a. 1700s house for the reception of strangers/foreigners/indigents/invalids, tavern, jail,
c. 1800s hospital, almshouse, charitable institution.
This term as well as its Germanic cognates: Old High German gasthūs whence Middle High German gasthūs, Modern German Gasthaus, and Old English gæsthūs are likely calqued from Medieval Latin hospitale (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse, jail”), Cf. hôpital, hôtel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑst.ɦœy̯s/

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• Hyphenation: gast‧huis
• Rhymes: -ɑstɦœy̯s
• Homophone: Gasthuis

gasthuis n (plural gasthuizen, diminutive gasthuisje n)

1. (Belgium) hospital

• hospitaal
• kliniek
• ziekenhuis

• Gasthuis

• gastenverblijf