Definition of "gesundheit" [gesundheit]

• Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed. (interjection)

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• "I would think that "gesundheit" - German for "good health" - would suffice."
• "For the word itself, I'm drawing a blank past "Ziegfeld" and "gesundheit" - oh wait, that one's German too."
• "Not the least of which was reminding me how to spell 'gesundheit'."