hus

Abbreviation of English Huastec or Spanish huasteco.

hus

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Wastek.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Wastek terms

• Hus, Huus
• Hüs (Alsatian)
• hüs, husch, hüüsch (Walser)

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

• housunh (“house”), hous (“home”) (Issime)

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Inherited from Old French huis, from Latin ostium.

• IPA^(key): /y/

hus m (plural hus)

1. (Troyen, Rémois, Langrois) door

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[3] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[4] (in French), Troyes

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

hus m (plural husow)

1. magic
2. enchantment, spell, charm

• gwelen hus

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
   • 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:

     Hus. Domus.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦus]

hus

1. genitive plural of husa

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈhuˀs]

hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)

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

• bolig

hus

1. imperative of huse

• “hus” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhus/, [ˈhus̠]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification^(key): hus
• Hyphenation^(key): hus

hus

1. shoo!

• “hus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

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

• hous

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

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈhuːs̠/

hūs n

1. house

• Alemannic German: Hus, Huus
  • Alsatian: Hüs
  • Walser: hus, hüs, husch, hüüsch, hous
• Bavarian: Haus
  • Cimbrian: haus
  • Mòcheno: haus
  • Udinese: haus
• Central Franconian: Haus (Moselle Franconian)
  • Hunsrik: Haus
  • Luxembourgish: Haus
  • Britten: [haʊ̯s]^[1]
• Central Franconian: Huus (Ripuarian)
  • Kölsch: Huus [huːs]^[2]
• German: Haus
• Rhine Franconian:
  • Pennsylvania German: Haus
• Vilamovian: haojs
• Yiddish: הויז (hoyz)

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “HÛS”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "hūs" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

• us

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.

• IPA^(key): /hʉːs/, [hʉʷːs]
• Rhymes: -ʉːs

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

• huse

hus

1. imperative of huse

• “hus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /hʉːs/

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)

• “hus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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.

• Danish: hus

From Proto-West Germanic *hūs.

hūs n

1. house

• Middle Dutch: huus
  • Dutch: huis
    • Afrikaans: huis
    • Javindo: guis, huis, geis, heis
    • Jersey Dutch: häus
    • Negerhollands: hoes, hus, huus
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: hus (dated)
    • Petjo: heis
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: huis, hoose
  • Limburgish: hoes

• “hūs”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *hūs.

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

• IPA^(key): /xuːs/, [huːs]

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:

• Middle English: hous, hus, hows, house
  • English: house (see there for further descendants)
  • English: (West Yorkshire) haase
  • English: (Ottawa-Valley) heus, hous
  • Geordie English: hoose
  • Scots: hoose
  • Yola: heouse, houze, howze

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

hūs n

1. house

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: hüs

• Saterland Frisian: Húus, Huus
• West Frisian: hûs

From Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Saxon hūs, Old Dutch hūs, Old Frisian hūs, Old English hūs, and Old Norse hús.

• IPA^(key): /huːs/

hūs n

1. house

• bluozhūs

• Middle High German: hūs, hous
  • Alemannic German: Hus, Huus
    • Alsatian: Hüs
    • Walser: hus, hüs, husch, hüüsch, hous
  • Bavarian: Haus
    • Cimbrian: haus
    • Mòcheno: haus
    • Udinese: haus
  • Central Franconian: Haus (Moselle Franconian)
    • Hunsrik: Haus
    • Luxembourgish: Haus
    • Britten: [haʊ̯s]^[1]
  • Central Franconian: Huus (Ripuarian)
    • Kölsch: Huus [huːs]^[2]
  • German: Haus
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: Haus
  • Vilamovian: haojs
  • Yiddish: הויז (hoyz)

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “hūs”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[6] (in German), 6th edition

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

• Middle Low German: hûs
  • German Low German: Huus, Hus, Hûs, Hius
  • Dutch Low Saxon: huus, hoes (Achterhoeks, Drents, Gronings, Sallands, Twents)
  • Plautdietsch: Hus

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

hūs n

1. house

• siuka hus (“hospital (of monastery)”)

• Swedish: hus

• hus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• hus in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь

• IPA^(key): [ɦus]

• Audio:

  (file)

hus f (relational adjective husí)

1. goose

• “hus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• hws (archaic)

• IPA^(key): /hʉːs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʉːs

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

hus n

1. a house

   ett rött hus

   a red 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

• kåk
• stuga

• byggnad (“building”)
• stuga (“cottage, cabin”)

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

hus c

1. beluga (Huso huso)

• hus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• SUH

From Dutch.

hus anim (plural husàk, locative husink)

1. bucket, pot

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦus/

hus f

1. goose

• “hus” in Soblex