haust

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by høst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

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

References

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

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