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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /haʊ̯st/
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Verb

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haust

  1. second-person singular present of hauen

Verb

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haust

  1. inflection of hausen:
    1. second/third-person singular present
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse haust from earlier haustr (masculine), from Proto-Germanic *harbustaz, *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

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Noun

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haust n (genitive singular hausts, nominative plural haust)

  1. autumn, fall
    Ég útskrifaðist haustið 2007.
    I graduated fall 2007.

Declension

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Declension of haust (neuter)
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

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See also

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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haust m (definite singular hausten, indefinite plural hauster, definite plural haustene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by høst

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. autumn, fall
  2. harvest

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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haust

  1. imperative of hausta

Etymology 3

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Noun

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haust

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of høgsete (high seat)

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [hɒust]

Noun

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haust n (genitive hausts, plural haust)

  1. autumn, fall

Declension

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Declension of haust (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative haust haustit haust haustin
accusative haust haustit haust haustin
dative hausti haustinu haustum haustunum
genitive hausts haustsins hausta haustanna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: haust
  • Faroese: heyst
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: haust; (dialectal) (h)yst
  • Old Swedish: høster
  • Danish: høst

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “haust”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin haustus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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haust m inan

  1. gulp, swig

Declension

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Further reading

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  • haust in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • haust in Polish dictionaries at PWN