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hus

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

See also edit

References 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

References edit

  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”). Doublet of 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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Interjection edit

hus

  1. shoo!

Further reading edit

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”, 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 edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Pronunciation edit

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”). Doublet of house.

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”) of unknown origin. Akin to English house. Doublet of 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-West Germanic *hūs.

Noun edit

hūs n

  1. house

Quotations edit

  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.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • “hūs”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English edit

Etymology edit

    Etymology tree

    Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-

    ?

    Proto-Indo-European *-s

    ?

    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.

    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

    Declension edit

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

    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. ^ “„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

    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

    Old Swedish edit

    Etymology edit

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

    Noun edit

    hūs n

    1. house

    Declension edit

      Declension of hus (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

    Derived terms edit

    Descendants edit

    References edit

    Slovak edit

    Etymology edit

    Inherited 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 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, 2024

    Swedish edit

    Alternative forms 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

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

    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

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    hus f

    1. goose

    Further reading edit

    • “hus” in Soblex
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