Behausung

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German

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Etymology

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behausen +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈhaʊ̯zʊŋ/
  • Hyphenation: Be‧hau‧sung
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Noun

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Behausung f (genitive Behausung, plural Behausungen)

  1. dwelling, abode
    • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten[1] (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
      Die unfruchtbare, von Gott verfluchte Erde war eine Wüste. In der Behausung der ersten Menschen war es eng und finster.
      The infertile land, cursed by God, was a desert. In the abode of the first humans, it was narrow and dark.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Behausung” in Duden online
  • Behausung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache