hausen

See also: Hausen, -hausen, and hāu-seⁿ

English

Etymology

From German Hausen.

Noun

hausen (plural hausens)

  1. European sturgeon (Huso huso)

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hūsen, from Old High German hūsōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūsōną. Cognate with Dutch huizen, Low German husen, English house, Faroese húsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaʊ̯zn̩], [ˈhaʊ̯zən]
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  • Hyphenation: hau‧sen

Verb

hausen (weak, third-person singular present haust, past tense hauste, past participle gehaust, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, humorous or derogatory) to dwell, to reside (under poor or makeshift conditions, or altenatively evoking the image of a creature in its den)
    Synonyms: (neutral) wohnen, leben
    Er haust in einem alten Zelt.
    He lives in an old tent.
    In diesem Schloss soll ein Vampir hausen.
    A vampire is supposed to have taken up residence in that castle.
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, dated) to rage, to rampage (chiefly of weather events or marauding troops)
    Synonym: wüten

Conjugation

Further reading

  • hausen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hausen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hausen” in Duden online
  • hausen” in OpenThesaurus.de