Haut

See also: haut

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haʊt/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯t

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Noun

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 Haut ― brave person

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

Synonyms

• Fell, Pelz

Derived terms

• auf der faulen Haut liegen
• dünnhäutig
• häuten
• Hautfarbe
• Hautrötung
• Hautausschlag
• Gänsehaut
• Apfelsinenhaut
• Schrumpelhaut

See also

• Haar

Further reading

• “Haut” in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• haut (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haʊ̯t/

Noun

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.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæu̯t/, [hæˑʊ̯t]

Noun

Haut f (plural Hait)

1. skin

Derived terms

• Héngerhaut

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Haut, Dutch huid, English hide.

Noun

Haut f (plural Heit)

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