hus
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Etymology
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
hus n
See also
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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Etymology
Inherited from Old French huis, from Latin ostium.
Pronunciation
Noun
hus m (plural hus)
- (Troyen, Rémois, Langrois) door
References
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *hʉd, from Proto-Celtic *soitos, from Proto-Indo-European *seyt-.
Noun
hus m (plural husow)
Derived terms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Akin to English house, German Haus, German Low German Huus, Dutch huis, Swedish hus, Icelandic hús.
Pronunciation
Krause & Slocum argue that the h was silent.[1]
Noun
hus
- house, home
- 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:
- Hus. Domus.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
Etymology
From Old Danish hus, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”). Doublet of house.
Pronunciation
Noun
hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)
Declension
More information neuter gender, Singular ...
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hus | huset | huse | husene |
| genitive | hus' | husets | huses | husenes |
Close
Declension of hus
Derived terms
See also
Verb
hus
- imperative of huse
Further reading
- “hus” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology
Related to Karelian huš. Probably also somehow akin to Germanic words (all dialectal): Swedish huss, German huss, English huss.
Pronunciation
Interjection
hus
- shoo!
Further reading
- “hus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.
Pronunciation
Noun
hūs n
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | daȥ | hūs | diu | hūs |
| genitive | eines | dës | hūses | dër | hūse |
| dative | eime | dëm | hūs, hūse | dën | hūsen |
| accusative | ein | daȥ | hūs | diu | hūs |
Close
Declension of hūs (neuter, class 1 strong)
Descendants
References
- Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
- “„Huus“, Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2019 July 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 July 2019
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “HÛS”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
- "hūs" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Alternative forms
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
hus m (plural hus)
- (Guernsey) door
- 2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p'tite ôlure”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 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.
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hús (“house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewHs-, from *(s)kewH- (“cover, hide”). Doublet of house.
Noun
hus n (definite singular huset, indefinite plural hus, definite plural husa or husene)
- a house
Derived terms
- auksjonshus
- drivhus
- drømmehus
- galehus
- gudshus
- horehus
- husarbeid
- husarrest
- husdyr
- huseier
- hushjørne
- hushold
- husholdning
- huskatt
- husløs
- husmor
- husordensregel
- hussopp
- husstand
- hustak
- hønsehus
- høyhus
- kongehus
- klubbhus
- motehus
- operahus
- rekkehus
- Representantenes hus
- sjukehus
- styrehus
- sykehus
- trehus
- underhus
- uthus
- varehus
- veksthus
- våningshus
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
hus
- imperative of huse
Further reading
- “hus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Etymology
From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”) of unknown origin. Akin to English house. Doublet of house.
Pronunciation
Noun
hus n (definite singular huset, indefinite plural hus, definite plural husa)
- a house
- (in compound) a small container for an item, a liquid or a powder (e.g. sunglasses, seeds or ink)
Derived terms
- auksjonshus
- blekkhus
- borakshus
- brillehus
- frøhus
- drivhus
- galehus
- galnehus
- gudshus
- horehus
- husarbeid
- husarrest
- husdyr
- hushjørne
- huskatt
- husmor
- husordensregel
- hussopp
- husstand
- hustak
- hønsehus
- jordhus
- kongehus
- klubbhus
- motehus
- operahus
- rekkehus
- rekkjehus
- sjukehus
- sniglehus
- strøhus
- styrehus
- styrhus
- trehus
- tukthus
- underhus
- uthus
- varehus
- veksthus
- våningshus
Further reading
- “hus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology
From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.
Noun
hus n
- house
- 1241, “Of ransaknæs i hws oc bondæn ær æi hemmæ”, in Code of Jutland, book 2, chapter 99:
- Of man ransaknæs i bondæns hws oc ær han æi sialf hemmæ.
- If the farmer's house is searched and he is not at home himself.
Descendants
- Danish: hus
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hūs.
Noun
hūs n
Quotations
- That hus ne bith bi themo thorpe ofto thero aa. That is umbi themo berge
- The house is neither near the town nor the river. It is around the mountain.
- Thia husa thie thiu manna haddon hiera gimakot ne sin met stenon gimakot, aver met holte
- The houses that the men have build are not made with stones, but with wood.
Inflection
More information case, singular ...
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Declension of hūs (neuter a-stem noun)
Descendants
Further reading
- “hūs”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Old Saxon hūs, Old Dutch hūs, Old High German hūs and Old Norse hús.
Pronunciation
Noun
hūs n
- house
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11
- Hē cwæð tō þām laman, þē iċ seċġe, arīs, nim ðīn bed, and gā tō þīnum hūse.
- He said to the lame man, "I say to you, arise, take your bed, and go to your house."
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11
Declension
Strong a-stem:
More information singular, plural ...
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Derived terms
- æppelhūs
- ambihthūs
- bæchūs
- bæþhūs
- bānhūs
- bēorhūs
- bōchūs
- cachūs
- capitolhūs
- ċealfra hūs
- cornhūs
- crucethūs
- dēofolġieldhūs
- dimhūs
- dōmhūs
- drenchūs
- dūnhūs
- ealuhūs
- eardunghūs
- eorþhūs
- feohhūs
- feorhhūs
- fisċhūs
- flǣsċhūs
- forehūs
- forliġerhūs
- friþhūs
- fȳrhūs
- ġebēdhūs
- ġeofonhūs
- ġereordinghūs
- ġiestthūs
- ġifthūs
- goldhordhūs
- græfhūs
- grētinghūs
- hāliġdōmhūs
- hellehūs
- heofonhūs
- hīeġhūs
- hlāfhūs
- horshūs
- hræġlhūs
- hunda hūs
- hūsa
- hūsærn
- hūsbonda
- hūsbonde
- hūsbōt
- hūsbryċe
- hūsbryne
- hūsfæst
- hūsheofon
- hūshlāford
- hūshlēow
- hūsian
- hūsinċel
- *hūslēac
- hūsrǣden
- hūssċipe
- hūsstede
- hūswist
- lǣċehūs
- lārhūs
- leornunghūs
- mangunghūs
- mānhūs
- māþmhūs
- mealthūs
- meluhūs
- merehūs
- morþorhūs
- mōthūs
- myltestrehūs
- nicorhūs
- nīedhūs
- offrunghūs
- pleġhūs
- reordhūs
- resthūs
- sāwolhūs
- sċandhūs
- sealthūs
- snǣdinghūs
- snytruhūs
- spichūs
- sprǣchūs
- sumorhūs
- symbelhūs
- tōċierhūs
- tōwhūs
- þeġnunghūs
- þȳrelhūs
- wæferhūs
- wǣpnhūs
- wæsċhūs
- weorchūs
- wīnhūs
- winterhūs
- wītehūs
- wundorhūs
Descendants
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.
Noun
hūs n
Declension
Descendants
Etymology
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
hūs n
Declension
More information case, singular ...
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hūs | hūs |
| accusative | hūs | hūs |
| genitive | hūses | hūso |
| dative | hūse | hūsum |
| instrumental | hūsu | — |
Close
Declension of hūs (neuter a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
- “„Huus“, Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2019 July 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 July 2019
- "hūs" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)
Etymology
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
hūs n
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hūs | hūs |
| accusative | hūs | hūs |
| genitive | hūses | hūsō |
| dative | hūse | hūsun |
| instrumental | — | — |
Close
Declension of hūs (neuter a-stem)
Descendants
Etymology
From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).
Noun
hūs n
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hūs | hūsit | hūs | hūsin |
| accusative | hūs | hūsit | hūs | hūsin |
| dative | hūsi, hūse | hūsinu, hūseno | hūsum, hūsom | hūsumin, hūsomen |
| genitive | hūss | hūssins | hūsa | hūsanna |
Close
Declension of hūs (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
- siuka hus (“hospital (of monastery)”)
Descendants
- Swedish: hus
References
- hus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- hus in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Pronunciation
Noun
hus f (relational adjective husí)
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hus | husi |
| genitive | husi | husí |
| dative | husi | husiam |
| accusative | hus | husi |
| locative | husi | husiach |
| instrumental | husou | husami |
Close
Declension of hus
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish hūs, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).
Noun
hus n
- a house
- ett rött hus
- a red house
- Conny bor i ett hus
- Conny lives in a house
- Jag gick in i huset
- I went into the house
- a house (restaurant, casino, theater, etc. – place of public accommodation or entertainment)
- Huset bjuder
- It's on the house
- Det var fullt hus på premiären
- There was a full house at the premiere
- (politics) a house
- husets talman
- the speaker of the house (of representatives)
- a house ((royal) family)
- Huset Bernadotte har regerat Sverige sedan 1818
- The house of Bernadotte has ruled Sweden since 1818
- (archaic) a castle (several Swedish castles have "hus" in their name)
- (astrology) a house (section of the zodiac)
- (uncommon) a housing
- Skruva loss huset och kolla åt vilket håll termostaten sitter
- Unscrew the housing and check which way the thermostat is facing
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hus | hus |
| definite | huset | husets | |
| plural | indefinite | hus | hus |
| definite | husen | husens | |
Close
Declension of hus
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- gå man ur huse
- 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
- hålla hus
- krigsmanshus
See also
Etymology 2
From the genus name, New Latin huso (“sturgeon”).
Noun
hus c
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hus | hus |
| definite | husen | husens | |
| plural | indefinite | husar | husars |
| definite | husarna | husarnas |
Close
References
Anagrams
Etymology
From Dutch.
Noun
hus anim (plural husàk)
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