die Hose

B1

trousers, pants

English meaning
trousers, pants
Gender
die — feminine
Plural
die Hosen
Vocabulary package
Clothes & Garments

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Hose in a sentence

Können Sie die Hose etwas kürzer machen?

Can you make the pants a bit shorter?

Declension of die Hose

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativedie Hosedie Hosen
Accusativedie Hosedie Hosen
Dativeder Hoseden Hosen
Genitiveder Hoseder Hosen

Word family

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Where Hose comes from

[1] mittelhochdeutsch hose, althochdeutsch hose, von germanisch *huson, eine Art Strumpf, der unter der eigentlichen Hose, dem Bruch getragen wurde; möglicherweise von griech. κύστις "Blase, Säckchen, Schlauch". Das Wort ist seit dem 10.

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Questions about Hose

Is it der, die or das Hose?

It is die Hose — Hose is feminine. In the plural it becomes die Hosen.

What is the plural of Hose?

The plural of die Hose is die Hosen.

What is the genitive of Hose?

The genitive singular is der Hose. The dative plural is den Hosen.

What does Hose mean in English?

die Hose means "trousers, pants". For example: "Können Sie die Hose etwas kürzer machen?" — "Can you make the pants a bit shorter?"

What level is Hose in German?

Hose is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the clothes & garments vocabulary.

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