hus

Noun

hus

1. (Gressoney) house

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Akin to English house, German Haus, Low German Huus, Dutch huis, Swedish hus, Icelandic hús.

Noun

hus

1. house, home
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Hus. Domus.

Etymology

From Old Danish hus, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːs/, [huːˀs]

Noun

hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)

1. house
2. building
3. block of flats, cottage
4. shell

Verb

hus

1. imperative of huse

References

• “hus” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhus/
• Hyphenation: hus

Interjection

hus

1. shoo!

Alternative forms

• hous, hows, house

Etymology 1

From Old English hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Dutch huis, Low Saxon (Low German) Huus, German Haus, Swedish hus.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• us

Noun

hus m (plural hus)

1. (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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʉːs/, [hʉʷːs]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).

Etymology 2

References

• “hus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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)

1. a house

References

• “hus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Noun

hus n

1. 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.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Saxon hus, Old Frisian hus, Old High German hus and Old English hūs, Old Norse hús.

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Old Saxon hūs (Low German Huus), Dutch huis, Old High German hūs (German Haus), Old Norse hús (Swedish hus), Gothic -𐌷𐌿𐍃 (-hus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːs/

Noun

hūs n (nominative plural hūs)

1. a house; a household

See also

• ærn n
• hof n

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Saxon hus, Old Dutch hus, Old Frisian hus, and Old English hūs, Old Norse hús, Gothic -𐌷𐌿𐍃 (-hus).

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Frisian hus, Old English hus, Old Dutch hus, and Old High German hus, Old Norse hús.

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫsь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gansis/*źansis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦus/

Noun

hus f (genitive singular husi, nominative plural husi, genitive plural husí, declension pattern of kosť)

1. goose

References

• hus in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

From Old Swedish hūs, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʉːs/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

hus n

1. a house; a building where people live or work

   ett prydligt, med vackra portaler utsiradt hus

   a neat building decorated with beautiful portals

2. (archaic) a castle; several Swedish castles carry "hus" in their name
3. a house, a home, a household
4. a house, a (royal) family

   Huset Bernadotte har regerat Sverige sedan 1818

   The house of Bernadotte has ruled Sweden since 1818

5. 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)

6. (astrology) a house, a section of the zodiac
7. 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

References

• hus in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫsь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

Noun

hus f

1. goose