Husten

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) cough

Usage notes

 * The plural is extremely rare. It could only be used in the sense of “different kinds of cough” and (doubtfully) “different periods of illness involving cough”.
 * The diminutive is perhaps originally that of, but it also substitutes the diminutive of , e.g. in the sense of “a slight affection by cough”.

Etymology 2
Nominalization of the verb

Noun

 * : the act of coughing, a certain way of it