Hospitation
German, noun[hɔspitaˈtsi̯oːn]
Hospitation is spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hospitation is a German feminine noun meaning “hospitation (visit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(oft im Rahmen der Fort-, Weiterbildung oder Praktika durchgeführter) Besuch in einer Einrichtung, Firma oder…”.
What does Hospitation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehospitation (visit)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (oft im Rahmen der Fort-, Weiterbildung oder Praktika durchgeführter) Besuch in einer Einrichtung, Firma oder Behörde, bei dem der Hospitant die dortigen Arbeitsabläufe und Tätigkeiten kennenlernt, begutachtet oder probeweise mitarbeitet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hospitation
- Hospitationen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hospitation?
- [hɔspitaˈtsi̯oːn]
- [hɔspitaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hospitation in German?
Hospitation appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).