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das Haus

noun · [haʊ̯s] · audio
Etymology

From Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Low German Hus, Huus, Dutch huis, Icelandic hús, Faroese hús, Danish hus, Norwegian hus, Swedish hus, English house. Doublet of House.

Translation

  1. house neuter, strong

    In dem Haus haben wir mal gewohnt.

    We used to live in that house.

    Mein Großvater starb in dem Haus, wo ich geboren wurde.

    My grandfather died in the house where I was born.

  2. home (in various phrases) neuter, strong

    Dann gingen wir nach Hause

    Then we went home.

  3. theatre neuter, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Haus Häuser
Accusative Haus Häuser
Dative Haus Häusern
Genitive Hauses Häuser

Haus

name · [haʊ̯s] · audio
Etymology

From Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Low German Hus, Huus, Dutch huis, Icelandic hús, Faroese hús, Danish hus, Norwegian hus, Swedish hus, English house. Doublet of House.

Translation

  1. a municipality of Styria, Austria neuter, proper-noun

haus

verb · audio

Translation

to dwell, to reside

singular imperative of hausen

  1. singular imperative of hausen form-of, imperative, singular
  2. first-person singular present of hausen colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular