English

Alternative forms

• Huss

Proper noun

Hus

1. A Czech surname​, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer

Translations

Plautdietsch

Noun

Hus n ‎(plural Hiesa)

1. house

Derived terms

• Husdäa (house door)
• Husdak (roof of house)
• Husfia (house fire)
• Husfru (housewife)
• Hushar (head of house)
• Husmus (house mouse)
• Husoabeit (home work)

See also

• Stow
• Staul
• Stap

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

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

Noun

hus

1. house, home
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Hus. Domus.

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːs/, [huːˀs]

Noun

hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)

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

Declension

Derived terms

• gudshus
• ishus
• kernehus

Verb

hus

1. imperative of huse

References

• “hus” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhus/
• Hyphenation: hus

Interjection

hus

1. shoo!

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hous

Noun

hus

1. house

Derived terms

• huswif

Descendants

• English: house, hoose (Geordie)
• English: household
• English: housewife
• English: hussy

Norman

Alternative forms

• us

Noun

hus m ‎(plural hus)

1. (Guernsey) door
   • 2006, Marie de Garis, ‘Enne p'tite ôlure’, P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press 2006, p. 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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʉːs/, [hʉʷːs]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. house

Related terms

• huse

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

hus

1. imperative of huse

References

• “hus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. house

Derived terms

References

• “hus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

hus n

1. house
   • 1241, "Of ransaknæs i hws oc bondæn ær æi hemmæ", 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.

Descendants

• Danish: hus

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German and Old English hūs, Old Norse hús.

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Descendants

• Dutch: huis

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Old Saxon hūs (Low Saxon (Low German) Huus, Dutch huis), Old High German hūs (German Haus), Old Norse hús (Swedish hus), Gothic -𐌷𐌿𐍃 ‎(-hus).

Noun

hūs n

1. a house; a household

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: hus, hous
  • Scots: hus, huse, hous, hows, hoos, hoose
  • English: house

See also

• ærn n
• hof n

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum and Mooring: hüs

• Saterland Frisian: Huus
• West Frisian: hûs

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Saxon, Old Dutch, Old Frisian, and Old English hūs, Old Norse hús, Gothic -𐌷𐌿𐍃 ‎(-hus).

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Descendants

• German: Haus
• Yiddish: הויז ‎(hoyz)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old Frisian, Old English, Old Dutch, and Old High German, hūs, Old Norse hús.

Noun

hūs n

1. house

Declension

Descendants

• Low German: Huus
• Plautdietsch: Hus

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫsь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gansis/*źansis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦus/

Noun

hus f ‎(genitive singular husi, nominative plural husi, declension pattern of kosť)

1. goose

Declension

Derived terms

• husí, husací
• húsa, húsatko
• húska
• husička
• husisko

References

• hus in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʉːs/
• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

hus n

1. a house; a building where people live or work

   ett prydligt, med vackra portaler utsiradt hus

   a neat building decorated with beautiful portals

2. (archaic) a castle; several Swedish castles carry "hus" in their name
3. a house, a home, a household
4. a house, a (royal) family

   Huset Bernadotte har regerat Sverige sedan 1818

   The house of Bernadotte has ruled Sweden since 1818

5. a house, a firm, a company, an institution, a restaurant, a place, a theatre, a chamber of parliament; even when it is not a building of its own

   huset bjuder

   it's on the house

   det var fullt hus på premiären

   the opening night was sold out

   Var håller du hus?

   Where are you?

   husets talman

   speaker of the house (of representatives)

6. (astrology) a house, a section of the zodiac
7. a case, a cover, a box, a housing, a casing

   skruva loss huset och kolla åt vilket håll termostaten sitter

   unscrew and remove the casing to find out which way the thermostat is oriented

Declension

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• gå man ur huse

Synonyms

• kåk
• stuga

References

• hus in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫsь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

Noun

hus f

1. goose