haust

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haʊ̯st]

Verb

haust

1. Second-person singular present of hauen.
2. Second-person singular present of hausen.
3. Third-person singular present of hausen.
4. Second-person plural present of hausen.
5. Imperative plural of hausen.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse haust from earlier haustr (masculine), from Proto-Germanic *harƀustaz, *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Compare Old English hærfest, English harvest, the Old High German Herbist; German Herbst, Danish høst and Swedish höst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /høyst/

  Rhymes: -øyst

Noun

haust n (genitive singular hausts, nominative plural haust)

1. autumn, fall

   Ég úrskrifaðist haustið 2007.

   I graduated fall 2007.

Declension

declension of haust

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haust	haustið	haust	haustin
accusative	haust	haustið	haust	haustin
dative	hausti	haustinu	haustum	haustunum
genitive	hausts	haustsins	hausta	haustanna

Derived terms

• haustönn

See also

Seasons in Icelandic · árstíðir (layout · text)
vor (“spring”)	sumar (“summer”)	haust (“autumn”)	vetur (“winter”)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse haust, from Proto-Germanic *harƀustaz, *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Cognates include Danish høst, Norwegian Bokmål høst, Swedish höst, German Herbst and English harvest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæʉst/

Noun

haust m (definite singular hausten, indefinite plural haustar, definite plural haustane)

1. autumn, fall
2. harvest

Verb

haust

1. imperative of hausta

References

• “haust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [hɒust]

Etymology

From earlier haustr (masculine, like vetr (“winter”) and sumarr (“summer”)), from Proto-Germanic *harƀustaz, variant of *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.

Noun

haust m (genitive hausts, plural haust)

1. autumn, fall

Declension

  Declension of haust (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haustr	haustrinn	haustar	haustarnir
accusative	haust	haustinn	hausta	haustana
dative	hausti	haustinum	haustaum	haustaunum
genitive	hausts	haustsins	hausta	haustanna

Descendants

• Danish: høst
• Faroese: heyst
• Icelandic: haust

• Norwegian Bokmål: høst
• Norwegian Nynorsk: haust
• Swedish: höst

References

• haust in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press