Hoden

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hōde, from Old High German hōdo, from Proto-West Germanic *huþō. The vowel of the Old High German is usually reconstrued as long, but some modern dialects require original shortness, as does apparently Old Frisian hothan, the only Germanic cognate. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“cover”) and then cognate with Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Ancient Greek σκῦτος (skûtos, “hide, leather”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Old Lithuanian kutỹs (“bag”), German Haut, Scheune, Schote etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːdən/, [-dən], [-dn̩]

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• Rhymes: -oːdn̩

Noun

Hoden m (strong, genitive Hodens, plural Hoden)

1. (anatomy) testicle

   Synonyms: Hode, Ei; (plural) Klöten; (obsolete) Niere; Testikel

Declension

Declension of Hoden [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hoden	die	Hoden
genitive	eines	des	Hodens	der	Hoden
dative	einem	dem	Hoden	den	Hoden
accusative	einen	den	Hoden	die	Hoden

Derived terms

• Hodenkrebs
• Hodenlymphom
• Hodenquetschung
• Hodensack

Further reading

• “Hoden” in Duden online
• “Hoden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache