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Haust
HAUST
,Definition 2024
haust
haust
German
Verb
haust
- Second-person singular present of hauen.
- Second-person singular present of hausen.
- Third-person singular present of hausen.
- Second-person plural present of hausen.
- Imperative plural of hausen.
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse haust from earlier haustr (masculine), from Proto-Germanic *harƀustaz, *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Compare Old English hærfest, English harvest, the Old High German Herbist; German Herbst, Danish høst and Swedish höst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /høyst/
- Rhymes: -øyst
Noun
haust n (genitive singular hausts, nominative plural haust)
Declension
Derived terms
- haustönn
See also
Seasons in Icelandic · árstíðir (layout · text) | |||
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vor (“spring”) | sumar (“summer”) | haust (“autumn”) | vetur (“winter”) |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse haust, from Proto-Germanic *harƀustaz, *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Cognates include Danish høst, Norwegian Bokmål høst, Swedish höst, German Herbst and English harvest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /høʉst/
Noun
haust m (definite singular hausten, indefinite plural haustar, definite plural haustane)
Old Norse
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [hɒust]
Etymology
From earlier haustr (masculine, like vetr (“winter”) and sumarr (“summer”)), from Proto-Germanic *harƀustaz, variant of *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.
Noun
haust m (genitive hausts, plural haust)
Declension
Descendants
References
- haust in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press