-hausen

• -sen, -husen (northern Germany, latter rare in official names)

From Middle High German -hūsen, from Old High German -hūsum, dative plural of hūs (“house”). It is found in native High German placenames as well as in adapted forms of originally Low German or Frisian placenames.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊ̯zən/, /ˌhaʊ̯zən/
• As with several other placename suffixes (e.g. -hagen, -hofen, -kirchen) it is unpredictable whether -hausen takes primary stress or not. It predominantly does when the name has four or more syllables (but not universally, cf. Oberhausen).

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-hausen

1. Suffix forming names of human settlements like villages, towns, and cities.