hospitalisieren

German

Etymology

Equivalent to Hospital + -isieren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔspitaliˈziːʁən/
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  • Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧ta‧li‧sie‧ren
  • Rhymes: -iːʁən

Verb

hospitalisieren (weak, third-person singular present hospitalisiert, past tense hospitalisierte, past participle hospitalisiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, higher register) to hospitalize
    Synonyms: ins Krankenhaus einweisen/bringen, stationär aufnehmen/behandeln

Usage notes

  • Much less common than in English. Used for briefness, e.g. as an attributive participle: die meisten hospitalisierten Patienten (most hospitalized patients), or in derivatives: Hospitalisierungsrate (hospitalization rate).

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