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hus

See also: hús, Hus, hűs, hûs, Hüs, hüs, hus', and huş
Languages (23)
Alemannic German • Champenois • Cornish • Crimean Gothic • Czech • Danish • Finnish • Middle English • Middle High German • Norman • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Old Danish • Old Dutch • Old English • Old Frisian • Old High German • Old Saxon • Old Swedish • Slovak • Swedish • Unami • Upper Sorbian
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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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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.

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hus n

  1. (Gressoney) house

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Champenois

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French huis, from Latin ostium.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /y/

Noun

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hus m (plural hus)

  1. (Troyen, Rémois, Langrois) door

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[3] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[4] (in French), Troyes

Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *hʉd, from Proto-Celtic *soitos, from Proto-Indo-European *seyt-.

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hus m (plural husow)

  1. magic
  2. enchantment, spell, charm

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Crimean Gothic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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hus

  1. house, home

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

Czech

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hus

  1. genitive plural of husa

Danish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)

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

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

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Verb

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hus

  1. imperative of huse

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Related to Karelian huš. Probably also somehow akin to Germanic words (all dialectal): Swedish huss, German huss, English huss.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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hus

  1. shoo!

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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hus

  1. Alternative form of hous

Etymology 2

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Determiner

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hus

  1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Pronoun

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hus

  1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

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Pronoun

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hus

  1. Alternative form of us

Middle High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

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    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈhuːs̠/

    Noun

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    hūs n

    1. house

    Declension

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    Declension of hūs (feminine, class 1 strong)
    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

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    • Alemannic German: Hus, Huus
    • Bavarian: Haus
    • Central Franconian: Haus (Moselle Franconian)
      • Britten: [haʊ̯s][1]
    • Central Franconian: Huus (Ripuarian)
    • German: Haus
    • Rhine Franconian:
      • Pennsylvania German: Haus
    • Vilamovian: haojs
    • Yiddish: הויז (hoyz)

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    1. ^ Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
    2. ^ “„Huus“, Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 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)

    Norman

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    Etymology

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

    Noun

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    hus m (plural hus)

    1. (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.

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    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.

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

    1. a house
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    Etymology 2

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    Verb

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    hus

    1. imperative of huse

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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

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

    1. a house
    2. (in compound) a small container for an item, a liquid or a powder (e.g. sunglasses, seeds or ink)

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    Old Danish

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    Etymology

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

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    hus n

    1. house

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    Old Dutch

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-West Germanic *hūs.

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    hūs n

    1. house

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    1. 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.

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    Further reading

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    • “hūs”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

    Old English

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    Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.?
      Proto-Germanic *hūsą
      Proto-West Germanic *hūs
      Old English hus

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

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      Noun

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      hūs n

      1. 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."

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

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      Old Frisian

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      Etymology

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

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      hūs n

      1. house

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      Declension of hūs (neuter a-stem)
      singular plural
      nominative hūs hūs
      genitive hūses hūsa
      dative hūse hūsum, hūsem
      accusative hūs hūs

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

      Old High German

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      Etymology

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        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.

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        hūs n

        1. house

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

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        References

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        1. ^ Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
        2. ^ “„Huus“, Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2], 2019 July 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 July 2019

        Old Saxon

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        Etymology

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        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.

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        hūs n

        1. house

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


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        Old Swedish

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        Etymology

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

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        hūs n

        1. house

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        Declension of hūs (strong a-stem)
        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

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        Slovak

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        Etymology

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

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        hus f (related adjective husí)

        1. goose

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

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        • “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

        Swedish

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        Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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        ett hus

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        Pronunciation

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

        Etymology 1

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

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        hus n

        1. 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
        2. 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
        3. (politics) a house
          husets talman
          the speaker of the house (of representatives)
        4. a house ((royal) family)
          Huset Bernadotte har regerat Sverige sedan 1818
          The house of Bernadotte has ruled Sweden since 1818
        5. (archaic) a castle (several Swedish castles have "hus" in their name)
        6. (astrology) a house (section of the zodiac)
        7. (uncommon) a housing
          Skruva loss huset och kolla åt vilket håll termostaten sitter
          Unscrew the housing and check which way the thermostat is facing
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        Declension of hus
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite hus hus
        definite huset husets
        plural indefinite hus hus
        definite husen husens
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        Etymology 2

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        From the genus name, New Latin huso (“sturgeon”).

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        hus c

        1. beluga (Huso huso)
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        Declension of hus
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite hus hus
        definite husen husens
        plural indefinite husar husars
        definite husarna husarnas

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        Unami

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        From Dutch.

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        hus anim (plural husàk)

        1. bucket

        Upper Sorbian

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь

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        hus f

        1. goose

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        • “hus” in Soblex
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