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gesundheit

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ge⋅sund⋅heit

[guh-zoont-hahyt]
–interjection
(used to wish good health, esp. to a person who has just sneezed.)

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; < G: lit., health, equiv. to gesund healthy (OHG gisunt; see sound 2 ) + -heit -hood
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ge·sund·heit   (gə-zŏŏnt'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.]
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