Hostess

See also: hostess

German

Alternative forms

• Hosteß (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from English hostess.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Hostess f (genitive Hostess, plural Hostessen)

1. hostess

Usage notes

• The spelling Hostess has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Hosteß) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

Declension

Declension of Hostess [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hostess	die	Hostessen
genitive	einer	der	Hostess	der	Hostessen
dative	einer	der	Hostess	den	Hostessen
accusative	eine	die	Hostess	die	Hostessen

Further reading

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