gesundheit


ge·sund·heit

G0108300 (gə-zo͝ont′hīt′)interj. Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed.
[German, health, from Middle High German gesuntheit, from gesunt, healthy, from Old High German gisunt.]

gesundheit

(ɡəˈzʊnthait) sentence substitutean expression used to wish good health to someone who has just sneezed[from gesund healthy + -heit -hood; see sound2]

ge•sund•heit

(gəˈzʊnt haɪt)

interj. (used to wish good health, esp. to a person who has just sneezed.) [1905–10, Amer.; < German: literally, health =gesund healthy (Old High German gisunt; see sound2) + -heit -hood]

gesundheit

A German word meaning good health, said conventionally when some one sneezes.
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Gesundheit