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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.

hus n

  1. (Gressoney) house

Inherited from Old French huis, from Latin ostium.

IPA(key): /y/

hus m (plural **hus)

  1. (Troyen, Rémois, Langrois) door

From Proto-Brythonic *hʉd, from Proto-Celtic *soitos, from Proto-Indo-European *seyt-.

**hus m (plural husow)

  1. magic
  2. enchantment, spell, charm

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

Krause & Slocum argue that the h was silent.[1]

hus

  1. house, home

  2. ^ https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/gotol/100#grammar_718

hus

  1. genitive plural of husa

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

hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)

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

hus

  1. imperative of huse

Related to Karelian huš. Probably also somehow akin to Germanic words (all dialectal): Swedish huss, German huss, English huss.

hus

  1. shoo!

hus

  1. Alternative form of hous

hus

  1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

hus

  1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

hus

  1. Alternative form of us

From Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

hūs n

  1. house
  1. ^ Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
  2. ^ “„Huus“, Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2019 July 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 July 2019

Possibly a Germanic borrowing, as no obvious cognates exist in Romance (the expected inheritance would be Old French porte, such as Jersey dialect porte). Compare Old Norse hús (“house”).

hus m (plural **hus)

  1. (Guernsey) door
    • 2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p'tite ôlure”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 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.

From Old Norse hús (“house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewHs-, from *(s)kewH- (“cover, hide”). Doublet of house.

hus n (definite singular huset, indefinite plural **hus, definite plural husa or husene)

  1. a house

hus

  1. imperative of huse

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”) of unknown origin. Akin to English house. Doublet of house.

hus n (definite singular huset, indefinite plural **hus, definite plural husa)

  1. a house
  2. (in compound) a small container for an item, a liquid or a powder (e.g. sunglasses, seeds or ink)

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

hus n

  1. house
    • 1241, “Of ransaknæs i hws oc bondæn ær æi hemmæ”, in 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.

From Proto-West Germanic *hūs.

hūs n

  1. house

Declension of hūs (neuter a-stem noun)

case singular plural
nominative hūs hūs
accusative hūs hūs
genitive hūses hūso
dative hūse hūson
  1. 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.

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hus

From Proto-West Germanic *hūs.

Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Old Saxon hūs, Old Dutch hūs, Old High German hūs and Old Norse hús.

hūs n

  1. house
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11
      Hē cwæð tō þām laman, þē iċ seċġe, arīs, nim ðīn bed, and gā tō þīnum hūse.
      He said to the lame man, "I say to you, arise, take your bed, and go to your house."

Strong _a_-stem:

From Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

hūs n

  1. house

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.

hūs n

  1. house
  1. ^ Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
  2. ^ “„Huus“, Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2], 2019 July 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 July 2019

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.

hūs n

  1. house

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

hūs n

  1. house

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь

hus f (relational adjective husí)

  1. goose

ett hus

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

hus n

  1. a house
    Conny bor i ett hus
    Conny lives in a house
    Jag gick in i huset
    I went into the house
  2. a house (restaurant, casino, theater, etc. – place of public accommodation or entertainment)
    Huset bjuder
    It's on the house
    Det var fullt hus på premiären
    There was a full house at the premiere
  3. (politics) a house
    husets talman
    the speaker of the house (of representatives)
  4. a house ((royal) family)
    Huset Bernadotte har regerat Sverige sedan 1818
    The house of Bernadotte has ruled Sweden since 1818
  5. (archaic) a castle (several Swedish castles have "hus" in their name)
  6. (astrology) a house (section of the zodiac)
  7. (uncommon) a housing
    Skruva loss huset och kolla åt vilket håll termostaten sitter
    Unscrew the housing and check which way the thermostat is facing

From the genus name, New Latin huso (“sturgeon”).

hus c

  1. beluga (Huso huso)

From Dutch.

hus anim (plural husàk)

  1. bucket

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь

hus f

  1. goose