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Middle High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German houbit, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhou̯.bət/, (Central German) /ˈhøy̯.bət/
Noun
houbet n
- head
c. 1200, Walther von der Vogelweide, Under der linden:Dō het er gemachet alsō rīche
Von bluomen eine bettestat.
Des wirt noch gelachet inneclīche,
Kumt iemen an daz selbe pfat.
Bī den rōsen er wol mac
Merken, wā mirz houbet lac.- Then he made quite opulently
A bedstead from flowers.
That will still be laughed at deeply
When someone comes down that same path.
By the roses they may well
Notice where my head has lain.
Declension
Declension of houbet (neuter, a-stem)
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