Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Health.
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- interjection said to someone who has just
sneezed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I would think that "gesundheit" - German for "good health" - would suffice.
"As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion." Ann Althouse 2009
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For the word itself, I'm drawing a blank past "Ziegfeld" and "gesundheit" - oh wait, that one's German too.
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For the word itself, I'm drawing a blank past "Ziegfeld" and "gesundheit" - oh wait, that one's German too.
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Not the least of which was reminding me how to spell 'gesundheit'.
Stargate SG-1: Do No Harm-- complete! karenmiller 2008
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ADAM is a love story about a guy (Hugh Dancy from SAVING GRACE and CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC) with something called Asperger Syndrome (gesundheit!) that meets the girl of his dreams (played here by Rose Byrne from KNOWING and SUNSHINE).
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One of LiLo's friends said that Pootie (gesundheit!) is launching his own fashion line in NYC next month and is planning to use her designs.
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Despite this, we are all anticipating tomorrow, where temps are expected to hit 14C that's 236 degrees gesundheit for our southern neighbours.
Aftermath: The Calm After the Storm BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Actually, the German sneezy response is “gesundheit,” which wishes the sneezer good health.
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You can often tell that a word has been borrowed from another language because the spelling seems non-English e.g. tsunami, gesundheit, déjà vu – but sometimes the non-English origin is not as evident.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Can I Borrow a Cup of Déjà Vu? 2009
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I see no reason to include it in a list of English words, unlike “gesundheit” or “petits fours”, which have a unique usage within the language itself.
sonofgroucho commented on the word gesundheit
So this is how it is spelt!
October 8, 2007
carolinacc commented on the word gesundheit
ge·sund·heit (g-zntht)
interj.
Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed.
June 3, 2008
artoparts commented on the word gesundheit
See ague.
February 26, 2009