haust
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [haʊ̯st]
Audio (file)
Verb
haust
- second-person singular present of hauen
- inflection of hausen:
- second/third-person singular present
- second-person plural present
- plural imperative
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse haust from earlier haustr (masculine), from Proto-Germanic *harbustaz, *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Compare Old English hærfest, English harvest, the Old High German Herbist; German Herbst, Danish høst and Swedish höst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /høyst/
- Rhymes: -øyst
Noun
haust n (genitive singular hausts, nominative plural haust)
- autumn, fall
- Ég útskrifaðist haustið 2007.
- I graduated fall 2007.
Declension
n-s | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | haust | haustið | haust | haustin |
accusative | haust | haustið | haust | haustin |
dative | hausti | haustinu | haustum | haustunum |
genitive | hausts | haustsins | hausta | haustanna |
Derived terms
- haustönn
See also
Seasons in Icelandic · árstíðir (layout · text) · category | |||
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vor (“spring”) | sumar (“summer”) | haust (“autumn”) | vetur (“winter”) |
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
haust m (definite singular hausten, indefinite plural hauster, definite plural haustene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by høst
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse haust n, from Proto-Germanic *harbustaz, *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Cognates include Icelandic haust, Faroese heyst, Swedish höst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, German Herbst and English harvest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hœʊst/
Noun
haust m (definite singular hausten, indefinite plural haustar, definite plural haustane)
- autumn, fall
- harvest
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
haust
- imperative of hausta
Noun
haust
- (dialectal) alternative form of høgsete (“high seat”)
References
- “haust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From earlier haustr (masculine, like vetr (“winter”) and sumarr (“summer”)), from Proto-Germanic *harbustaz, variant of *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [hɒust]
Noun
haust n (genitive hausts, plural haust)
- autumn, fall
Declension
neuter | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | haust | haustit | haust | haustin |
accusative | haust | haustit | haust | haustin |
dative | hausti | haustinu | haustum | haustunum |
genitive | hausts | haustsins | hausta | haustanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: haust
- Faroese: heyst
- Norwegian Nynorsk: haust; (dialectal) (h)yst
- Westrobothnian: haust, höst
- Old Swedish: høster
- Swedish: höst
- Danish: høst
- Norwegian Bokmål: høst
References
- “haust”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin haustus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xawst/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -awst
- Syllabification: haust
Noun
haust m inan
- gulp, swig
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | haust | hausty |
genitive | haustu | haustów |
dative | haustowi | haustom |
accusative | haust | hausty |
instrumental | haustem | haustami |
locative | hauście | haustach |
vocative | hauście | hausty |
Further reading
- haust in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- haust in Polish dictionaries at PWN