Haus

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See also: haus and häus

English

Etymology

German and Jewish surname, from the noun Haus (“house”). Compare Hausmann, House.

Proper noun

Haus (plural Hauses)

  1. A surname

See also

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs.

Pronunciation

Noun

Haus n (plural Haiser)

  1. house

Derived terms

Central Franconian

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Wikipedia ksh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hʌʊ̯s/, /hɔu̯s/

Noun

Haus n (plural Haiser, diminutive Haische)

  1. (Moselle Franconian) house

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Low German Hus, Huus, Dutch huis, Icelandic hús, Faroese hús, Danish hus, Norwegian hus, Swedish hus, English house. Doublet of House.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haʊ̯s/
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  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯s

Noun

Haus n (strong, genitive Hauses, plural Häuser, diminutive Häuschen n or Häuslein n or Häuselein n or Häusle n or Häusel n or Häus'l n or Häusl n or Häusli n or Häuslin n or (rare) Häuselin n or Häuserl n or Hauserl n or (also Ruhrdeutsch) Häusken n or (also Berlinisch) Häuseken n or (esp. 18th ct.) Häusgen n or Häusche n)

  1. house
    In dem Haus haben wir mal gewohnt. ― We used to live in that house.
    Mein Großvater starb in dem Haus, wo ich geboren wurde. ― My grandfather died in the house where I was born.
  2. home (in various phrases)
    Synonyms: Zuhause, Heimat
    Dann gingen wir nach Hause ― Then we went home.
  3. theatre

Declension

Declension of Haus
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Haus die Häuser
genitive eines des Hauses der Häuser
dative einem dem Haus, Hause1 den Häusern
accusative ein das Haus die Häuser

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Derived adjectives of Haus
Derived adverbs of Haus
Derived nouns from Haus
Derived verbs from Haus
Phrases derived from Haus
Terms derived from Haus or derived from other terms
Terms derived from Haus or derived from other terms with -in
Terms not derived from Haus
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Proper noun

Haus n (proper noun, genitive Haus' or (with an article) Haus)

  1. A municipality of Styria, Austria

Further reading

Hunsrik

En Haus

Etymology

From Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Pronunciation

Noun

Haus n (plural Heiser, diminutive Heisje)

  1. house
    Sie wohne in em alte Haus.
    They live in an old house.

Further reading

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From L-vocalization of Hals.

Pronunciation

Noun

Haus m (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, German-based spelling, widespread in Southeast Limburgish)

  1. Alternative form of Hals (“neck/throat”)

Luxembourgish

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Wikipedia lb

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (predominant)
  • IPA(key): (former dative, now merely a rarer variant)

Noun

Haus n (plural Haiser)

  1. house

Further reading

  • Haus in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hūs. Cognate to German Haus.

Pronunciation

Noun

Haus n (plural Heiser)

  1. house
    • 1907, “Das Schulhaus an der Krick”, in The Pennsylvania-German: A Popular Magazine, page 335:
      Die Bump is juscht drei Schritt vum Haus;
      Dart krigt mer's Wasser frisch heraus.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2011, Peter Fritsch, Pennsylvania Dutch Halloween Scherenschnitte, page 40:
      Des Haus gans voll mit Gschpuckerei
      The house full of spookiness (i.e. it is haunted)

Declension

Declension of Haus
singular plural
indefinite definite noun definite noun
nominative en es Haus die Heiser
accusative en es Haus die Heiser
dative me em Haus de Heiser

Rhine Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hūs.

Noun

Haus n (plural Haiser or Häuser)

  1. (Palatine, Frankfurt) house

Usage notes

  • The plural Häuser is Frankfurterisch, the form Haiser is Palatine.

Derived terms

Sathmar Swabian

Etymology

From Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate to German Haus.

Noun

Haus n

  1. house

References

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Swabian

Etymology

From Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate to German Haus.

Noun

Haus n

  1. house

Derived terms

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