German

Noun

Hypothese f ‎(genitive Hypothese, plural Hypothesen)

1. hypothesis

Declension

Dutch

Noun

hypothese f ‎(plural hypothesen or hypotheses, diminutive hypothesetje n)

1. a hypothesis, tentative conjecture, as postulated in science

Synonyms

• stelling
• veronderstelling

Derived terms

• hypothetisch

Related terms

• these, thesis
• antithese
• synthese

Latin

Noun

hypothese

1. ablative singular of hypothesis

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin hypothesis.

Noun

hypothese f (plural hypotheses)

1. hypothesis

Portuguese

Noun

hypothese f (plural hypotheses)

1. Obsolete spelling of hipótese (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).