hus

See also: Hus, hús, huus, and Huus

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Akin to English house, German Haus, Low German Huus, Dutch huis, Swedish hus, Icelandic hús.

Noun

hus

1. house, home
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Hus. Domus.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːs/, [huːˀs]

Noun

hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)

1. house
2. building
3. block of flats, cottage
4. shell

Inflection

Inflection of hus

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hus	huset	huse	husene
genitive	hus'	husets	huses	husenes

Verb

hus

1. Imperative of huse.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hus
• IPA^(key): /ˈhus/

Interjection

hus

1. shoo!

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Guernésiais

Alternative forms

• us

Noun

hus m (plural hus)

1. door
   • 2006, Marie de Garis, ‘Enne p'tite ôlure’, P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press 2006, p. 24:

     Ils aeurent aën chocque à quànd al'ouvrissi l’hus, dja, la breune avait épaissi tànt qué nous n'pouvait pas quâsi veis sa môin au d'vànt d'sé. (They had a shock when they opened the door though; the fog had thickened so much that they could hardly see their hands in front of them.)

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• hous

Etymology

From Old English hūs, cognate with Dutch huis, Low Saxon (Low German) Huus, German Haus, Swedish hus.

Noun

hus

1. house

Derived terms

• huswif

Descendants

• English: house, hoose (Geordie, Scottish)
• English: household
• English: housewife
• English: hussy
• Scots: hoose

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʉːs/

Noun

hus

1. A house.

Inflection

    Inflection of hus

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	hus	huset	hus	husa/husene
Nynorsk n	hus	huset	hus	husa [husi]

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German and Old English hūs, Old Norse hús.

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Descendants

• Dutch: huis

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Old Saxon hūs (Low Saxon (Low German) Huus, Dutch huis), Old High German hūs (German Haus), Old Norse hús (Swedish hus), Gothic -𐌷𐌿𐍃 (-hus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːs/

Noun

hūs n

1. a house; a household

Descendants

• Middle English: hous, hus
  • English: house

See also

• ærn n
• hof n

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Saxon, Old Dutch, Old Frisian, and Old English hūs, Old Norse hús, Gothic -𐌷𐌿𐍃 (-hus).

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Descendants

• German: Haus
• Yiddish: הויז (hoyz)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Frisian, Old English, Old Dutch, and Old High German, hūs, Old Norse hús.

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Declension

Declension of hus (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	hūs	hūs
accusative	hūs	hūs
genitive	hūses	hūsō
dative	hūse	hūsum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Low German: Huus

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫsь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-

Noun

hus f (genitive singular husi, nominative plural husi), declension pattern kosť

1. goose

Declension

Declension of hus

	singular	plural
nominative	hus	husi
genitive	husi	husí
dative	husi	husiam
accusative	hus	husi
locative	(o) husi	(o) husiach
instrumental	husou	husami

Derived terms

• husí
• húsa
• husací

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

hus n

1. a house; a building where people live or work

   ett prydligt, med vackra portaler utsiradt hus

   a neat building decorated with beautiful portals

2. (archaic) a castle; several Swedish castles carry "hus" in their name
3. a house, a home, a household
4. a house, a (royal) family

   Huset Bernadotte har regerat Sverige sedan 1818

   The house of Bernadotte has ruled Sweden since 1818

5. a house, a firm, a company, an institution, a restaurant, a place, a theatre, a chamber of parliament; even when it is not a building of its own

   huset bjuder

   it's on the house

   det var fullt hus på premiären

   the opening night was sold out

   Var håller du hus?

   Where are you?

   husets talman

   speaker of the house (of representatives)

6. (astrology) a house, a section of the zodiac
7. a case, a cover, a box, a housing, a casing

   skruva loss huset och kolla åt villket håll termostaten sitter

   unscrew and remove the casing to find out which way the thermostat is oriented

Declension

Declension of hus

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hus || huset || hus || husen
genitive	hus || husets || hus || husens

Related terms

bostadshus brygghus bårhus dårhus flerfamiljshus folkets hus furstehus förlagshus gå man ur huse hemlighus horhus husa husaga husandakt husapotek husarrest husband husbehov husbil husbock husbonde husbyggare husbygge husbyggnad

husbåt husdjur huse husera husering husesyn husfader husfaderlig husfar husfasad husflit husfluga husfolk husfrid husfru husföreståndarinna husförhör husgavel husgeråd husgrund husgrupp husgud hushyra hushåll hushålla

hushållare hushållerska hushållning hushållsam husjungfru huskarl huskatt husklunga husknut huskomplex huskors huskropp huskur husköp husköpare huslig huslighet husly huslån husläkare huslänga husman husmanskost husmoder husmoderlig

husmor husmus husnummer husockupant husockupation husorgan huspianist huspiga huspostilla huspris husrad husrannsakan husrannsakning husrum husråtta husse hussvala hussvamp hustak hustavlan hustomte hustru hustyp

hustyrann husundersökning husvagn husvill husvillhet husvägg husvärd husägare höghus hönshus kamerahus kungahus kårhus kärnhus lamellhus låghus operahus skivhus småhus stadshus underhus uthus öppet hus överhus

Synonyms

• kåk
• stuga

References

• hus in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫsь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

Noun

hus f

1. goose