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huis

See also: huís

English

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Noun

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huis

  1. plural of hui

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Afrikaans

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  • hys (Cape Afrikaans)

Etymology

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From Dutch huis, from Middle Dutch huus, from Old Dutch hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

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  • IPA(key): /ɦœis/, [ə̤ɪ̤s]
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Noun

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huis (plural huise, diminutive huisie)

  1. A house, residence.

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch huus, from Old Dutch hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Doublet of house and osso.

Noun

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huis n (plural huizen, diminutive huisje n)

  1. a house, home; residence
    Synonym: woning
    Ik woon in een klein huis aan de rand van de stad. ― I live in a small house on the outskirts of the city.
    We gaan dit weekend naar het huis van mijn ouders. ― We are going to my parents' home this weekend.
    Ze hebben een mooi nieuw huis gekocht in de buurt. ― They bought a beautiful new residence in the neighborhood.
  2. an adjoining building with a separate function
  3. a genealogical house, such as a dynasty
    De Oranjes zijn een belangrijk koninklijk huis in Nederland. ― The House of Orange is an important royal dynasty in the Netherlands.
    Het koninklijk huis wordt vertegenwoordigd door de koning en koningin. ― The royal house is represented by the king and queen.
  4. a house or chamber in a lesgislative assembly
    Het wetsvoorstel werd besproken en goedgekeurd in de Tweede Kamer van het huis. ― The bill was discussed and approved in the Second Chamber of the legislative assembly.
    Het debat in het huis duurde de hele dag en leidde tot een beslissing. ― The debate in the house lasted all day and resulted in a decision.
  5. a housing structure, casing
    De telefoon is voorzien van een stevige aluminium huis voor bescherming. ― The phone is equipped with a sturdy aluminum casing for protection.
    De computer wordt geleverd met een kunststof huisje voor de componenten. ― The computer comes with a plastic housing for the components.
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Case forms of this noun remain in, albeit very limited, use:

  • The definite genitive des huizes to mean “of the family, household”, e.g. de dame des huizes (“the lady of the house”), een vriend des huizes (“a friend of the family”).
  • The dative huize in prepositional expressions used chiefly referring to large manors or jokingly, e.g. in huize Mulder (“at the Mulders’ house”). It is also used in a formal manner in the fixed expression ten huize van (“at the house of”) and van goeden huize.
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general
phrases
domestic, habitation
genealogical and dynastic
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legislative chamber
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: huis
  • Javindo: guis, huis, geis, heis
  • Jersey Dutch: häus
  • Negerhollands: hoes, hus, huus
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: hus (dated)
  • Petjo: heis
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: huis, hoose

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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huis

  1. inflection of huizen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French huis m, from Latin ostium n. Compare Walloon ouxh m. The h was added to avoid confusion with vis, as u and v were historically interchangeable. (Compare huile, huit, huître for use of unetymological h.)

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huis m (plural huis)

  1. (obsolete except in the fixed expression below) a door, access

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Irish

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huis m

  1. Obsolete spelling of hois.: h-prothesized form of uis

Interjection

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huis!

  1. Obsolete spelling of hois.

Old French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin ostium n.

Noun

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huis oblique singular, m (oblique plural huis, nominative singular huis, nominative plural huis)

  1. An external door.

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References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (huis)

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈw̝is/ [ˈw̝is]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: huis

Verb

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huis

  1. inflection of huir:
    1. second-person singular voseo present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative
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