Haubitze
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed during the Hussite Wars (early 15th c.) from Old Czech haufnicě (modern Czech houfnice), derived from húf, hauf (“heap”), a borrowing from Middle High German hūfe. Compare modern German Haufen, modern Czech houf (“flock, crowd”). Early German forms were huffnitze, hauffenicz. The current form with -b- appears around 1700.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Haubitze f (genitive Haubitze, plural Haubitzen)
Declension edit
Declension of Haubitze [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Haubitze in: Wolfgang Pfeifer et al., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (1993), published at dwds.de
- ^ “Haubitze” in: Kluge/Seebold, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, De Gruyter, Berlin, 2002
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
Further reading edit
- “Haubitze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Haubitze on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Haubitze” in Duden online