Spital

== English == === Etymology === See spital. === Proper noun === Spital A suburb of Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9675). An eastern suburb of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3970). A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483). ==== Derived terms ==== Owmby-by-Spital === See also === Spittal === References === == German == === Alternative forms === Hospital (literary, dated) Spittel === Etymology === From Middle High German spitāl, hospitāl, from Old High German *hospitāl (attested in hospitālhūs (“hospital”)), from Latin hospitale. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃpiˈtaːl/, [ʃpiˈtaːl], [ʃpɪ-] Rhymes: -aːl Hyphenation: Spi‧tal === Noun === Spital n (strong, genitive Spitals, plural Spitäler) (dated outside Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Southern Germany) hospital Synonym: (overall more common) Krankenhaus (dated) nursing home (dated) poorhouse ==== Usage notes ==== The word remains predominant (vis-à-vis Krankenhaus) in Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and South Tyrol. Both words are common in many parts of southern Germany. In northern and central Germany, Spital is dated and now used almost exclusively by some of the older generation. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: szpital, śpital (Middle Polish)→ Belarusian: шпіта́ль (špitálʹ)→ Kashubian: szpëtôl (through Middle Polish)→ Ukrainian: шпиталь (špytalʹ) → Romanian: spital, șpital — regional, Transylvania, ospital → Yiddish: שפּיטאָל (shpitol) === Further reading === “Spital”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Spital” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Spital” in Duden online Spital on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de