Hexenschuss

See also: Hexenschuß

German

Alternative forms

Hexenschuß (obsolete)

Etymology

From Hexe +‎ -n- +‎ Schuss.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛksn̩ʃʊs/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: He‧xen‧schuss

Noun

Hexenschuss m (strong, genitive Hexenschusses, no plural)

(colloquial, pathology) low back pain, lumbago
Synonyms: Albschoss, Lumbago, Lumbalgie, Mahrschuss

Declension

Declension of Hexenschuss [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hexenschuss
genitive	eines	des	Hexenschusses
dative	einem	dem	Hexenschuss, Hexenschusse¹
accusative	einen	den	Hexenschuss

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Descendants

→ Czech: hexenšus
→ Polish: heksenszus

Further reading

“Hexenschuss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Hexenschuss” in Duden online
“Hexenschuss”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
“Hexenschuss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Hexenschuss” in OpenThesaurus.de

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