German

Alternative forms

• Hauß (obsolete)

Noun

Haus n ‎(genitive Hauses, plural Häuser, diminutive Häuschen n or Häuslein n or Häusle n)

1. house

   In dem Haus haben wir mal gewohnt.‎ ― We used to live in that house.

   Mein Großvater starb in dem Haus, wo ich geboren wurde.‎ ― My grandfather died in the house where I was born.

2. theatre

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Phrases

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæːʊ̯s/

Noun

Haus n ‎(plural Haiser)

1. house

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Cognate to German Haus.

Noun

Haus n

1. house
   • 1907, Das Schulhaus an der Krick, in The Pennsylvania-German: A Popular Magazine, page 335:

     Die Bump is juscht drei Schritt vum Haus;

     Dart krigt mer's Wasser frisch heraus.

   • 2011, Peter Fritsch, Pennsylvania Dutch Halloween Scherenschnitte, page 40:

     Des Haus gans voll mit Gschpuckerei

     The house [is] full of spookiness (i.e. it is haunted)

Sathmar Swabian

Etymology

Cognate to German Haus.

Noun

Haus n

1. house

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

German

Verb

haus

1. Imperative singular of hausen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of hausen.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hauss, from Proto-Germanic *hausaz, cognate with Lithuanian kiáušė, Latvian kaûss; from the same basic Proto-Indo-European root as hodd, hosa and hús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /høyːs/

  Rhymes: -øyːs

Noun

haus m ‎(genitive singular hauss, nominative plural hausar)

1. skull
2. (anatomy, informal or slightly derogatory, or of animals) head
3. (printing) header (text area at the top of a page)

Declension

Synonyms

• (head): höfuð, kollur

Derived terms

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

Indonesian

Adjective

haus

1. thirsty

See also

• lapar

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowing from English house or possibly German Haus.

Noun

haus

1. house
2. building

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