huis

See also: huís

English

Noun

huis

  1. plural of hui

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch huis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦœis/, [ɦʊ̟i̯s]

Noun

huis (plural huise)

  1. house

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦœy̯s/
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  • Rhymes: -œy̯s

Etymology 1

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

Noun

huis n (plural huizen, diminutive huisje n)

  1. house
Usage notes

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”).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

huis

  1. first-person singular present indicative of huizen
  2. imperative of huizen

French

Etymology

From Latin ostium.

Pronunciation

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /ɥi/

Noun

huis m (plural huis)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪʃ/

Noun

huis m

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

Interjection

huis!

  1. Obsolete spelling of hois

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. external door

References

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

Spanish

Verb

huis

  1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (vos) present indicative form of huir.
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