gesundheit

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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.

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  1. interjection Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed.

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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
  • New summonable spirits for Jomon: Ujigami, Mori-no-kami, Kenzoku, [getting] Jigami [with], and Gozy Mezu (gesundheit!). —  IGN PC
  • Breakfast was at 5am and I watched enviously as gesundheit Swiss and Germans swilled coffee and munched cereal. —  Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk
  • There was a time when the nation's top-rated prep linebacker was -- gesundheit!
  • We conclude that increasing cultivation intensity leads to a loss of C-rich macroaggregates and an increase of C-depleted microaggregates in soils that express aggregate hierarchy. absorption accounting acid actelyene adolescent adult aerosol aged aggregate aggregation agricultural agriculture air ammonia-oxidation analysis and assessment auswirkungen bacteria biodegradation biofilm biomonitor biomonitoring biomonitors boosted britain bryophytachemistry c c2h2 calcium calibration canopy carbon cellular ch4 chain change cities classes climate compaction complexed conservation containing contract control cost-benefit costs cover credits critical crop cropping crusting c-saturation cycle databases decision density deposition desiccation design detaching development diffuse digital dioxideanalysismetabolism dioxidepoisoning dissolved distribution donor dot dry dynamics economic ecosystems effect effects efficiency elementsanalysispharmacokinetics emissionen emissions england environmental enzyme experiments factual farming fatty feinstaubpflanzen female fertilization field food forestry fractions functions gesundheit global grazing great greenhouse griculture growth hazard health heavyanalysispharmacokinetics heterogeneity human humans hylocomium hyperspectral i ii inactivation index indices inference information infrared inhalation inhibition integrated isotopes japan kinetics kosysteme land landfill least livestock loads location long-term luftschadstoffe magnesium male management manosonication manothermosonication mapping markov mathematical matter matteranalysis mb measurement mediterranean metals methane methane-emission methane-oxidation methanotrophic methanotrophs methanotrophy methods microbiology microorganisms middle mineralogy mitigation modelling models monitoring monitoringmethods moose morbidity mortalitytrends moss mosses mulch near needles neighbour-joining networks neural nifh nitrogen nitrogenanalysis nitrogen-fixation nj normalized optimization organic oxidation oxygen partial particle particles particulate particulates pasture pedotransfer perspective phospholipid physical pleurozium plfa pm10 policy pollutants pollutantsanalysis pollutantsanalysismetabolism pollutantspoisoning pollution pollutionprevention potassium precipitation programming properties protocol proximal publ public quality rain rangelands rate reflectance regression residues respiration restoration resuspension root rotation satellite schreberi sections sediment sensing sensitivity sensor sequestration sink size soil spatial spectral spectroscopy splendens spruce square squares stability stable stickstoffhaltige stock structural structure stubble sulfur support sustainable system techniques temperature tension terminology terrestrial texture theoretical thermosonication thin tillage tissue trace trees treesmetabolism tunnel type ultrasound urban usa use velocity vertosol visible visnir vzj wetland wind woodlands zinc CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. German, health, from Middle High German gesuntheit, from gesunt, healthy, from Old High German gisunt.

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  1. German, from gesund, sound in health, + -heit, English -hood.
 

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/gɑˈsunthaɪt/
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by Norma Jean Young

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