hus
See also: hús, Hus, hűs, hûs, Hüs, hüs, hus', and huş
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Hus, Huus
- Hüs (Alsatian)
- hüs, husch, hüüsch (Walser)
Etymology
From Middle High German hūs, hous, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with German Haus, German Low German Huus, Dutch huis, English house, Icelandic hús.
Noun
hus n
- (Gressoney) house
See also
- housunh (“house”), hous (“home”) (Issime)
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Akin to English house, German Haus, German Low German Huus, Dutch huis, Swedish hus, Icelandic hús.
Pronunciation
Krause & Slocum argue that the h was silent.[1]
Noun
hus
- house, home
- 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter
- Hus. Domus.
- 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter
References
- https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/gotol/100#grammar_718
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦus]
Noun
hus
- genitive plural of husa
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish hus, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhuˀs]
Noun
hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)
- house
- building
- block of flats, cottage
- shell
Declension
Declension of hus
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hus | huset | huse | husene |
| genitive | hus' | husets | huses | husenes |
Derived terms
- gudshus
- husstand
- ishus
- kernehus
See also
- bolig
Verb
hus
- imperative of huse
Further reading
- “hus” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Etymology
Related to Karelian huš. Probably also somehow akin to Germanic words (all dialectal): Swedish huss, German huss, English huss.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhus/, [ˈhus̠]
- Rhymes: -us
- Syllabification(key): hus
Interjection
hus
- shoo!
Middle English
Noun
hus
- Alternative form of hous
Determiner
hus
- Alternative form of his (“his”)
Pronoun
hus
- Alternative form of his (“his”)
Pronoun
hus
- Alternative form of us
Norman
Alternative forms
- us
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
hus m (plural hus)
- (Guernsey) door
- 2006, Marie de Garis, ‘Enne p'tite ôlure’, P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press 2006, p. 24:
- Ils aeurent aën chocque à quànd al'ouvrissi l’hus, dja, la breune avait épaissi tànt qué nous n'pouvait pas quâsi veis sa môin au d'vànt d'sé.
- They had a shock when they opened the door though; the fog had thickened so much that they could hardly see their hands in front of them.
- 2006, Marie de Garis, ‘Enne p'tite ôlure’, P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press 2006, p. 24:
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hʉːs/, [hʉʷːs]
- Rhymes: -ʉːs
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hús (“house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewHs-, from *(s)kewH- (“cover, hide”).
Noun
hus n (definite singular huset, indefinite plural hus, definite plural husa or husene)
- a house
Derived terms
- auksjonshus
- drivhus
- drømmehus
- galehus
- gudshus
- horehus
- husarbeid
- husarrest
- husdyr
- huseier
- hushjørne
- hushold
- husholdning
- huskatt
- husløs
- husmor
- husordensregel
- hussopp
- husstand
- hustak
- hønsehus
- høyhus
- kongehus
- klubbhus
- motehus
- operahus
- rekkehus
- Representantenes hus
- sjukehus
- styrehus
- sykehus
- trehus
- underhus
- uthus
- varehus
- veksthus
- våningshus
Related terms
- huse
Verb
hus
- imperative of huse
Further reading
- “hus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”). Akin to English house.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hʉːs/
Noun
hus n (definite singular huset, indefinite plural hus, definite plural husa)
- a house
Derived terms
- auksjonshus
- drivhus
- galehus
- galnehus
- gudshus
- horehus
- husarbeid
- husarrest
- husdyr
- hushjørne
- huskatt
- husmor
- husordensregel
- hussopp
- husstand
- hustak
- hønsehus
- kongehus
- klubbhus
- motehus
- operahus
- rekkehus
- rekkjehus
- sjukehus
- styrehus
- styrhus
- trehus
- underhus
- uthus
- varehus
- veksthus
- våningshus
Further reading
- “hus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.
Noun
hus n
- house
- 1241, "Of ransaknæs i hws oc bondæn ær æi hemmæ", Code of Jutland, book 2, chapter 99.
- Of man ransaknæs i bondæns hws oc ær han æi sialf hemmæ.
- If the farmer's house is searched and he is not at home himself.
- Of man ransaknæs i bondæns hws oc ær han æi sialf hemmæ.
- 1241, "Of ransaknæs i hws oc bondæn ær æi hemmæ", Code of Jutland, book 2, chapter 99.
Descendants
- Danish: hus
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hūsą.
Noun
hūs n
- house
Quotations
- That hus ne bith bi themo thorpe ofto thero aa. That is umbi themo berge
- The house is neither near the town nor the river. It is around the mountain.
- Thia husa thie thiu manna haddon hiera gimakot ne sin met stenon gimakot, aver met holte
- The houses that the men have build are not made with stones, but with wood.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: huus
- 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
- Dutch: huis
Further reading
- “hūs”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Old Saxon hūs, Old Dutch hūs, Old High German hūs, Old Norse hús, and Gothic *𐌷𐌿𐍃 (*hūs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xuːs/, [huːs]
Noun
hūs n
- house
Declension
Declension of hus (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hūs | hūs |
| accusative | hūs | hūs |
| genitive | hūses | hūsa |
| dative | hūse | hūsum |
Derived terms
- æppelhūs
- ambihthūs
- bæchūs
- bæþhūs
- bānhūs
- bēorhūs
- bōchūs
- cachūs
- capitolhūs
- ċealfra hūs
- cornhūs
- crucethūs
- dēofolġieldhūs
- dimhūs
- dōmhūs
- drenchūs
- dūnhūs
- ealuhūs
- eardunghūs
- eorþhūs
- feohhūs
- feorhhūs
- fisċhūs
- flǣsċhūs
- forehūs
- forliġerhūs
- friþhūs
- fȳrhūs
- ġebēdhūs
- ġeofonhūs
- ġereordinghūs
- ġiestthūs
- ġifthūs
- goldhordhūs
- græfhūs
- grētinghūs
- hāliġdōmhūs
- hellehūs
- heofonhūs
- hīeġhūs
- hlāfhūs
- horshūs
- hræġlhūs
- hunda hūs
- hūsa
- hūsærn
- hūsbonda
- hūsbonde
- hūsbōt
- hūsbryċe
- hūsbryne
- hūsfæst
- hūsheofon
- hūshlāford
- hūshlēow
- hūsian
- hūsinċel
- *hūslēac
- hūsrǣden
- hūssċipe
- hūsstede
- hūswist
- lǣċehūs
- lārhūs
- leornunghūs
- mangunghūs
- mānhūs
- māþmhūs
- mealthūs
- meluhūs
- merehūs
- miltestrehūs
- morþorhūs
- mōthūs
- nicorhūs
- nīedhūs
- offrunghūs
- pleġhūs
- reordhūs
- resthūs
- sāwolhūs
- sċandhūs
- sealthūs
- snǣdinghūs
- snytruhūs
- spichūs
- sprǣchūs
- sumorhūs
- symbelhūs
- tōċierhūs
- tōwhūs
- þeġnunghūs
- þȳrelhūs
- wæferhūs
- wǣpnhūs
- wæsċhūs
- weorchūs
- wīnhūs
- winterhūs
- wītehūs
- wundorhūs
Descendants
- Middle English: hous, hus, hows, house
- English: house (see there for further descendants)
- Northumbrian: hoose
- Scots: hoose
- Yola: heouse, houze, howze
- English: house (see there for further descendants)
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.
Noun
hūs n
- house
Descendants
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: hüs
- Saterland Frisian: Húus, Huus
- West Frisian: hûs
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Saxon hūs, Old Dutch hūs, Old Frisian hūs, and Old English hūs, Old Norse hús.
Noun
hūs n
- house
Declension
Declension of hūs (neuter a-stem)
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hūs | hūs |
| accusative | hūs | hūs |
| genitive | hūses | hūso |
| dative | hūse | hūsum |
| instrumental | hūsu | — |
Derived terms
- bluozhūs
Descendants
- Middle High German: hūs, hous
- Alemannic German: Hus, Huus
- Alsatian: Hüs
- Walser: hus, hüs, husch, hüüsch, hous
- Bavarian: Haus
- Cimbrian: haus
- Mòcheno: haus
- Udinese: haus
- Central Franconian:
- Moselle Franconian: Hous
- Britten: [haʊ̯s][1]
- Hunsrückisch:
- Hunsrik: Haus
- Ripuarian: Huus
- Kölsch: Huus [huːs][2]
- Moselle Franconian: Hous
- German: Haus
- Luxembourgish: Haus
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Haus
- Vilamovian: haojs
- Yiddish: הויז (hoyz)
- Alemannic German: Hus, Huus
References
- Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
- (please provide the title of the work), accessed 12 July 2019, archived from the original on 2019-07-12
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Frisian hūs, Old English hūs, Old Dutch hūs, and Old High German hūs, Old Norse hús.
Noun
hūs n
- house
Declension
Declension of hūs (neuter a-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hūs | hūs |
| accusative | hūs | hūs |
| genitive | hūses | hūsō |
| dative | hūse | hūsun |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
- Middle Low German: hûs
- German Low German: Huus, Hus, Hûs; Hius
- Dutch Low Saxon: huus, hoes
- Plautdietsch: Hus
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).
Noun
hūs n
- house
Declension
Declension of hus (strong a-stem)
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hūs | hūsit | hūs | hūsin |
| accusative | hūs | hūsit | hūs | hūsin |
| dative | hūsi, hūse | hūsinu, hūseno | hūsum, hūsom | hūsumin, hūsomen |
| genitive | hūss | hūssins | hūsa | hūsanna |
Descendants
- Swedish: hus
References
- hus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- hus in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɦus]
Noun
hus f (genitive singular husi, nominative plural husi, genitive plural husí, declension pattern of kosť)
- goose
Declension
Declension of hus
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hus | husi |
| genitive | husi | husí |
| dative | husi | husiam |
| accusative | hus | husi |
| locative | husi | husiach |
| instrumental | husou | husami |
Derived terms
- husí, husací
- húsa, húsatko
- húska
- husička
- husisko
Further reading
- hus in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hʉːs/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʉːs
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish hūs, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).
Noun
hus n
- a house; a building where people live or work
- ett prydligt, med vackra portaler utsiradt hus
- a neat building decorated with beautiful portals
- ett prydligt, med vackra portaler utsiradt hus
- (archaic) a castle; several Swedish castles carry "hus" in their name
- a house, a home, a household
- a house, a (royal) family
- Huset Bernadotte har regerat Sverige sedan 1818
- The house of Bernadotte has ruled Sweden since 1818
- Huset Bernadotte har regerat Sverige sedan 1818
- a house, a firm, a company, an institution, a restaurant, a place, a theatre, a chamber of parliament; even when it is not a building of its own
- huset bjuder
- it's on the house
- det var fullt hus på premiären
- the opening night was sold out
- Var håller du hus?
- Where are you?
- husets talman
- speaker of the house (of representatives)
- huset bjuder
- (astrology) a house, a section of the zodiac
- a case, a cover, a box, a housing, a casing
- skruva loss huset och kolla åt vilket håll termostaten sitter
- unscrew and remove the casing to find out which way the thermostat is oriented
- skruva loss huset och kolla åt vilket håll termostaten sitter
Declension
| Declension of hus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hus | huset | hus | husen |
| Genitive | hus | husets | hus | husens |
Synonyms
- kåk
- stuga
Hyponyms
- bostadshus
- brygghus
- bårhus
- dårhus
- flerfamiljshus
- folkets hus
- furstehus
- förlagshus
- hemlighus
- horhus
- höghus
- hönshus
- kamerahus
- kungahus
- kårhus
- kärnhus
- lamellhus
- låghus
- operahus
- skivhus
- småhus
- spökhus
- stadshus
- tehus
- underhus
- uthus
- öppet hus
- överhus
Derived terms
- husa
- husaga
- husandakt
- husapotek
- husarrest
- husband
- husbehov
- husbil
- husbock
- husbonde
- husbyggare
- husbygge
- husbyggnad
- husbåt
- husdjur
- huse
- husera
- husering
- husesyn
- husfader
- husfaderlig
- husfar
- husfasad
- husflit
- husfluga
- husfolk
- husfrid
- husfru
- husföreståndarinna
- husförhör
- husgavel
- husgeråd
- husgrund
- husgrupp
- husgud
- hushyra
- hushåll
- hushålla
- hushållare
- hushållerska
- hushållning
- hushållsam
- husjungfru
- huskarl
- huskatt
- husklunga
- husknut
- huskomplex
- huskors
- huskropp
- huskur
- husköp
- husköpare
- huslig
- huslighet
- husly
- huslån
- husläkare
- huslänga
- husman
- husmanskost
- husmoder
- husmoderlig
- husmor
- husmus
- husnummer
- husockupant
- husockupation
- husorgan
- huspianist
- huspiga
- huspostilla
- huspris
- husrad
- husrannsakan
- husrannsakning
- husrum
- husråtta
- husse
- hussvala
- hussvamp
- hustak
- hustavlan
- hustomte
- hustru
- hustyp
- hustyrann
- husundersökning
- husvagn
- husvill
- husvillhet
- husvägg
- husvärd
- husägare
- krigsmanshus
Related terms
- gå man ur huse
Noun
hus c
- beluga (Huso huso)
Declension
| Declension of hus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hus | husen | husar | husarna |
| Genitive | hus | husens | husars | husarnas |
Further reading
- hus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- SUH
Unami
Etymology
From Dutch.
Noun
hus anim (plural husàk)
- bucket
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Noun
hus f
- goose
Further reading
- “hus” in Soblex