Haus

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See also: haus and häus

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Haus (plural Hauses)

  1. A surname

See also[edit]

Bavarian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /hɒɔ̯s/
  • IPA(key): (Vienna) [hɒːs]
  • IPA(key): (Vienna, plural) [ˈhæːz̥ɐ]

Noun[edit]

Haus n (plural Haiser)

  1. house

Derived terms[edit]

Central Franconian[edit]

Central Franconian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /hʌʊ̯s/, /hɔu̯s/

Noun[edit]

Haus n (plural Haiser, diminutive Haische)

  1. (Moselle Franconian) house

German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Declension of Haus [neuter, strong]
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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Derived adjectives of Haus
Derived adverbs of Haus
Derived nouns from Haus
Derived verbs from Haus
Phrases derived from Haus

Related terms[edit]

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:
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Proper noun[edit]

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

  1. A municipality of Styria, Austria

Further reading[edit]

Hunsrik[edit]

En Haus

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Haus n (plural Heiser, diminutive Heisje)

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

Further reading[edit]

Limburgish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From L-vocalization of Hals.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

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

Luxembourgish[edit]

Luxembourgish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [hæːʊ̯s] (predominant)
  • IPA(key): [hɑʊ̯s] (former dative, now merely a rarer variant)

Noun[edit]

Haus n (plural Haiser)

  1. house

Further reading[edit]

  • Haus in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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 [is] full of spookiness (i.e. it is haunted)

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German and Old High German hūs.

Noun[edit]

Haus n (plural Haiser or Häuser)

  1. (Palatine, Frankfurt) house

Usage notes[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Sathmar Swabian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Haus n

  1. house

References[edit]

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Swabian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Haus n

  1. house

Derived terms[edit]

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