hus

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See also: hús, Hus, hűs, hûs, Hüs, hüs, hus', and huş

Alemannic German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German hūs, hous, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with German Haus, German Low German Huus, Dutch huis, English house, Icelandic hús.

Noun[edit]

hus n

  1. (Gressoney) house

References[edit]

See also[edit]

Crimean Gothic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Krause & Slocum argue that the h was silent.[1]

Noun[edit]

hus

  1. house, home
  1. ^ https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/gotol/100#grammar_718

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hus

  1. genitive plural of husa

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)

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

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Verb[edit]

hus

  1. imperative of huse

Further reading[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhus/, [ˈhus̠]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: hus

Interjection[edit]

hus

  1. shoo!

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

hus

  1. Alternative form of hous

Etymology 2[edit]

Determiner[edit]

hus

  1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Pronoun[edit]

hus

  1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hus

  1. Alternative form of us

Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

hus m (plural hus)

  1. (Guernsey) 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.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /hʉːs/, [hʉʷːs]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse hús (“house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewHs-, from *(s)kewH- (“cover, hide”).

Noun[edit]

hus n (definite singular huset, indefinite plural hus, definite plural husa or husene)

  1. a house
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

hus

  1. imperative of huse

Further reading[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hus n (definite singular huset, indefinite plural hus, definite plural husa)

  1. a house

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Old Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Noun[edit]

hus n

  1. house

Descendants[edit]

  • Danish: hus

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Noun[edit]

hūs n

  1. house

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “hūs”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Old Saxon hūs, Old Dutch hūs, Old High German hūs, Old Norse hús, and Gothic *𐌷𐌿𐍃 (*hūs).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hūs n

  1. house

Declension[edit]

Declension of hus (strong-a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hūs hūs
accusative hūs hūs
genitive hūses hūsa
dative hūse hūsum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Old Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Noun[edit]

hūs n

  1. house

Descendants[edit]

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: hüs
  • Saterland Frisian: Húus, Huus
  • West Frisian: hûs

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Saxon hūs, Old Dutch hūs, Old Frisian hūs, and Old English hūs, Old Norse hús.

Noun[edit]

hūs n

  1. house

Declension[edit]

Declension of hūs (neuter a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative hūs hūs
accusative hūs hūs
genitive hūses hūso
dative hūse hūsum
instrumental hūsu —

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
  2. ^ (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], accessed 12 July 2019, archived from the original on 12 July 2019

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

hūs n

  1. house

Declension[edit]

Declension of hūs (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative hūs hūs
accusative hūs hūs
genitive hūses hūsō
dative hūse hūsun
instrumental — —


Descendants[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. goose

Declension[edit]

Declension of hus
singular plural
nominative hus husi
genitive husi husí
dative husi husiam
accusative hus husi
locative husi husiach
instrumental husou husami

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • hus in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /hʉːs/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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 vilket håll termostaten sitter
    unscrew and remove the casing to find out which way the thermostat is oriented
Declension[edit]
Declension of hus 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hus huset hus husen
Genitive hus husets hus husens
Synonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

hus c

  1. beluga (Huso huso)
Declension[edit]
Declension of hus 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hus husen husar husarna
Genitive hus husens husars husarnas

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Unami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch

Noun[edit]

hus anim (plural husàk)

  1. bucket

Upper Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Noun[edit]

hus f

  1. goose
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