Hostie

See also: hostie

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hostie, ostie, from Latin hostia.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔsti̯ə/

Noun

Hostie f (genitive Hostie, plural Hostien)

1. host (consecrated wafer)

Declension

Declension of Hostie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hostie	die	Hostien
genitive	einer	der	Hostie	der	Hostien
dative	einer	der	Hostie	den	Hostien
accusative	eine	die	Hostie	die	Hostien

See also

• Oblate

Further reading

• “Hostie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hostie” in Duden online
• “Hostie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hostie” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.