huus

See also: hus, Huus, hús, Hüüs, and Húus

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

• hoes (Achterhoeks, Drents, Gronings, Sallands, Twents)

Etymology

From Middle Low German hûs, from Old Saxon hūs.

Noun

huus n

1. house

Usage notes

• This form is used in Achterhoeks, Drents, Gronings, Sallands, Stellingwerfs, Twents, and Veluws, though some of those dialects also use other forms.

See also

• German Low German: Huus
• Plautdietsch: Hus (plural Hiesa); (Chortitza dialect:) Hüüs (Hüs)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

huus n

1. house
2. castle
3. court, place where a formal gathering is held

Inflection

Declension of huus

	Singular	Plural
nominative	huus	huse
accusative	huus	huse
genitive	huses	huse
dative	huse	husen

Descendants

• Dutch: huis
  • 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
• Limburgish: hoes

Further reading

• “huus (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “huus (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

huus n

1. obsolete typography of hus (“house”)