Haut

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See also: haut and häut

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Haut.

Proper noun

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Haut (plural Hauts)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

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  • 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

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Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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 Hautbrave person
  3. skin (membrane found on the surface of an object, like a sausage)

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Esperanto: haŭto

See also

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Further reading

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

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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  • haut (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German hūt.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hæu̯t/, [hæˑʊ̯t]

Noun

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Haut f (plural Hait)

  1. skin

Derived terms

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Haut f (plural Heit)

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