Haut

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See also: haut and häut

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Haut.

Proper noun

Haut (plural Hauts)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Haut is the 33530th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 680 individuals. Haut is most common among White (96.91%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-. Cognate with Dutch huid and English hide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haʊt/
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  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯t

Noun

Haut f (genitive Haut, plural Häute, diminutive Häutchen n or Häutlein n)

  1. skin, hide of a person, animal or (part of a) plant
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg (Berlin: S. Fischer, 1929), p. 346:
      "Von der Haut? Interessieren Sie sich für Physiologie?"
      About the skin? You're interested in physiology?
  2. (by extension, metonymically) a creature, especially a person
    brave Haut ― brave person
  3. skin (membrane found on the surface of an object, like a sausage)

Declension

Declension of Haut
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Haut die Häute
genitive einer der Haut der Häute
dative einer der Haut den Häuten
accusative eine die Haut die Häute

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Esperanto: haŭto

See also

Further reading

  • “Haut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Haut” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Haut” in Duden online
  • Haut on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

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Alternative forms

  • haut (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

Pronunciation

Noun

Haut f (plural Heit, diminutive Heitche)

  1. skin; hide
    Er hod en dunkle Haut.
    He has dark skin.
    Eere Haut is aarich schrumplich.
    Her skin is very wrinkled.

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hūt.

Pronunciation

Noun

Haut f (plural Hait)

  1. skin

Derived terms

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt. Compare German Haut, Dutch huid, English hide.

Noun

Haut f (plural Heit)

  1. skin, hide
  2. cuticle
  3. membrane
  4. film
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