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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
nach (“to”) + Hause, dative of Haus (“house”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
nach Hause
- home, homeward (mobile, goal-oriented)
2012 April 16, Die Welt, archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 20:Seit über 150 Jahren rätseln Ornithologen darüber, wieso Brieftauben immer so zielsicher ihren Weg nach Hause finden.- For more than 150 years, ornithologists have been puzzling over why carrier pigeons always find their way home so unerringly.
Usage notes
Used when there is motion in the sentence. To express the stationary, non-goal-oriented sense of "home", see zu Hause.