Haut

See also: haut and häut

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Haut.

Proper noun

Haut (plural Hauts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Haut is the 33530^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 680 individuals. Haut is most common among White (96.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haut”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143.

Anagrams

• auth, Auth., Auth, UTAH, Utah, HATU, auth.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haʊt/

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯t

Noun

Haut f (genitive Haut, plural Häute, diminutive Häutchen n or Häutlein n)

1. skin, hide of a person, animal or (part of a) plant
   • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg (Berlin: S. Fischer, 1929), p. 346:

     "Von der Haut? Interessieren Sie sich für Physiologie?"

     About the skin? You're interested in physiology?

2. (by extension, metonymically) a creature, especially a person

   brave Haut ― brave person

3. skin (membrane found on the surface of an object, like a sausage)

Declension

Declension of Haut [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Haut	die	Häute
genitive	einer	der	Haut	der	Häute
dative	einer	der	Haut	den	Häuten
accusative	eine	die	Haut	die	Häute

Synonyms

• Fell, Pelz

Derived terms

• Apfelsinenhaut
• auf der faulen Haut liegen
• dünnhäutig
• Gänsehaut
• Hautausschlag
• häuten
• Hautfarbe
• Hautrötung
• Kopfhaut
• Schrumpelhaut

Descendants

• → Esperanto: haŭto

See also

• Haar

Further reading

• “Haut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Haut” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Haut” in Duden online
• Haut on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• haut (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haʊ̯t/

Noun

Haut f (plural Heit, diminutive Heitche)

1. skin; hide

   Er hod en dunkle Haut.

   He has dark skin.

   Eere Haut is aarich schrumplich.

   Her skin is very wrinkled.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hūt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæu̯t/, [hæˑʊ̯t]

Noun

Haut f (plural Hait)

1. skin

Derived terms

• Héngerhaut

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt. Compare German Haut, Dutch huid, English hide.

Noun

Haut f (plural Heit)

1. skin, hide
2. cuticle
3. membrane
4. film