hus

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

Crimean Gothic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

hus

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

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /huːs/, [huːˀs]

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]

Verb[edit]

hus

  1. imperative of huse

References[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Interjection[edit]

hus

  1. shoo!

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

hus

  1. house

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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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, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a house
Related terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from hus

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

hus

  1. imperative of huse

References[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]

Terms derived from hus

References[edit]

Old Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

hus n

  1. house

Descendants[edit]

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

hūs n

  1. house

Descendants[edit]

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

hūs n (nominative plural hūs)

  1. a house; a household

Declension[edit]

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

Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

Old Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Noun[edit]

hūs n

  1. house

Descendants[edit]

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

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

hūs n

  1. house

Descendants[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Frisian hus, Old English hus, Old Dutch hus, and Old High German hus, 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 hūsum
instrumental — —


Descendants[edit]

  • Low German: Huus
  • Plautdietsch: Hus

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *gǫsь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gansis/*źansis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-

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]

References[edit]

  • hus in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Hyponyms[edit]

Hyponyms of hus

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from hus

Related terms[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Upper Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

hus f

  1. goose
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