# hus
## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

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.

### Noun

hus n
* (Gressoney) house

#### See also

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

### References

* 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

## Champenois
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French huis, from Latin ostium.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /y/

### Noun

hus m (plural hus)
* (Troyen, Rémois, Langrois) door

### References

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

## Cornish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

hus m (plural husow)
* magic
* enchantment, spell, charm

#### Derived terms

* gwelen hus

## Crimean Gothic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

Krause & Slocum argue that the h was silent.

### Noun

hus
* house, home
** 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:Hus. Domus.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* ↑ https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/gotol/100#grammar_718

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦus]

### Noun

hus
* genitive plural of husa

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhuˀs]

### Noun

hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)
* house
* building
* block of flats, cottage
* shell

#### Derived terms

* gudshus
* husstand
* ishus
* kernehus

#### See also

* bolig

### Verb

hus
* imperative of huse

#### Further reading

* “hus” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhus/, [ˈhus̠]
* Rhymes: -us
* Hyphenation: hus

### Interjection

hus
* shoo!

### Further reading

* “hus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

hus
* Alternative form of hous

### Etymology 2
#### Determiner

hus
* Alternative form of his (“his”)

#### Pronoun

hus
* Alternative form of his (“his”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

hus
* Alternative form of us

## Middle High German
### Alternative forms

* hous

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈhuːs̠/

### Noun

hūs n
* house

#### Descendants

* 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]
* Central Franconian: Huus (Ripuarian)
** Kölsch: Huus [huːs]
* German: Haus
* Rhine Franconian:
** Pennsylvania German: Haus
* Vilamovian: haojs
* Yiddish: הויז (hoyz)

### References

* ↑ Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
* ↑ “„Huus“, Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2019 July 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 July 2019
* 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)

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* us

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

hus m (plural hus)
* (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.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hʉːs/, [hʉʷːs]
* Rhymes: -ʉːs

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Noun

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

##### Derived terms

* auksjonshus
* drivhus
* drømmehus
* galehus
* gudshus
* horehus
* husarbeid
* husarrest
* husdyr
* huseier
* hushjørne
* hushold
* husholdning
* huskatt
* husløs
* husmor
* husordensregel
* hussopp
* husstand
* hustak
* hønsehus
* høyhus
* klubbhus
* kongehus
* motehus
* operahus
* rekkehus
* Representantenes hus
* sjukehus
* styrehus
* sykehus
* trehus
* underhus
* uthus
* varehus
* veksthus
* våningshus

##### Related terms

* huse

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

hus
* imperative of huse

#### Further reading

* “hus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hʉːs/

### Noun

hus n (definite singular huset, indefinite plural hus, definite plural husa)
* a house
* (in compound) a small container for an item, a liquid or a powder (e.g. sunglasses, seeds or ink)

#### Derived terms

* auksjonshus
* blekkhus
* borakshus
* brillehus
* drivhus
* frøhus
* galehus
* galnehus
* gudshus
* horehus
* husarbeid
* husarrest
* husdyr
* hushjørne
* huskatt
* husmor
* husordensregel
* hussopp
* husstand
* hustak
* hønsehus
* jordhus
* klubbhus
* kongehus
* motehus
* operahus
* rekkehus
* rekkjehus
* sjukehus
* sniglehus
* strøhus
* styrehus
* styrhus
* trehus
* tukthus
* underhus
* uthus
* varehus
* veksthus
* våningshus

#### Further reading

* “hus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Danish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

hus n
* 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.

#### Descendants

* Danish: hus

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hūs.

### Noun

hūs n
* house

#### Quotations

    That hus ne bith bi themo thorpe ofto thero aa. That is umbi themo bergeThe house is neither near the town nor the river. It is around the mountain.
    Thia husa thie thiu manna haddon hiera gimakot ne sin met stenon gimakot, aver met holteThe houses that the men have build are not made with stones, but with wood.

#### Descendants

* 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

### Further reading

* “hūs”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Old Saxon hūs, Old Dutch hūs, Old High German hūs and Old Norse hús.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xuːs/, [huːs]

### Noun

hūs n
* 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."

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* æppelhūs
* ambihthūs
* bæchūs
* bæþhūs
* bānhūs
* bēdhūs
* bēorhūs
* bōchūs
* cachūs
* capitolhūs
* ċealfra hūs
* cornhūs
* crucethūs
* dēofolġieldhūs
* dimhūs
* dōmhūs
* drenchūs
* dūnhūs
* ealuhūs
* eardunghūs
* eorþhūs
* feohhūs
* feorhhūs
* fisċhūs
* flǣsċhūs
* forehūs
* forliġerhūs
* friþhūs
* fȳrhūs
* ġebēdhūs
* ġeofonhūs
* ġereordinghūs
* ġiestthūs
* ġifthūs
* goldhordhūs
* græfhūs
* grētinghūs
* hāliġdōmhūs
* hellehūs
* heofonhūs
* hīeġhūs
* hlāfhūs
* horshūs
* hræġlhūs
* hunda hūs
* hūsa
* hūsærn
* hūsbonda
* hūsbonde
* hūsbōt
* hūsbryċe
* hūsbryne
* hūsfæst
* hūsheofon
* hūshlāford
* hūshlēow
* hūsian
* hūsinċel
* *hūslēac
* hūsrǣden
* hūssċipe
* hūsstede
* hūswist
* lǣċehūs
* lārhūs
* leornunghūs
* mangunghūs
* mānhūs
* māþmhūs
* mealthūs
* meluhūs
* merehūs
* morþorhūs
* mōthūs
* myltestrehūs
* nicorhūs
* nīedhūs
* offrunghūs
* pleġhūs
* reordhūs
* resthūs
* sāwolhūs
* sċandhūs
* sealthūs
* snǣdinghūs
* snytruhūs
* spichūs
* sprǣchūs
* sumorhūs
* symbelhūs
* tōċierhūs
* tōwhūs
* þeġnunghūs
* þȳrelhūs
* wæferhūs
* wǣpnhūs
* wæsċhūs
* weorchūs
* wīnhūs
* winterhūs
* wītehūs
* wundorhūs

#### Descendants

* Middle English: hous, hus, hows, house
** English: house (see there for further descendants)
** Geordie English: hoose
** Scots: hoose
** Yola: heouse, houze, howze

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

hūs n
* house

#### Descendants

* North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: hüs
* Saterland Frisian: Húus, Huus
* West Frisian: hûs

## Old High German
### Etymology

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

### Noun

hūs n
* house

#### Derived terms

* bluozhūs

#### Descendants

* 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]
** Central Franconian: Huus (Ripuarian)
*** Kölsch: Huus [huːs]
** German: Haus
** Rhine Franconian:
*** Pennsylvania German: Haus
** Vilamovian: haojs
** Yiddish: הויז (hoyz)

### References

* ↑ Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
* ↑ “„Huus“, Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2019 July 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 July 2019
* "hūs" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

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.

### Noun

hūs n
* house

#### Descendants

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

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

hūs n
* house

#### Derived terms

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

#### Descendants

* Swedish: hus

### References

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

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɦus]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

hus f (relational adjective husí)
* goose

#### Derived terms

* husací
* húsa, húsatko
* húska
* husička
* husisko

#### Further reading

* “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

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* hws (archaic)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hʉːs/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʉːs

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

hus n
* a house
    ett rött husa red house
    Conny bor i ett husConny lives in a house
    Jag gick in i husetI went into the house
* a house (restaurant, casino, theater, etc. – place of public accommodation or entertainment)
    Huset bjuderIt's on the house
    Det var fullt hus på premiärenThere was a full house at the premiere
* (politics) a house
    husets talmanthe speaker of the house (of representatives)
* a house ((royal) family)
    Huset Bernadotte har regerat Sverige sedan 1818The house of Bernadotte has ruled Sweden since 1818
* (archaic) a castle (several Swedish castles have "hus" in their name)
* (astrology) a house (section of the zodiac)
* (uncommon) a housing
    Skruva loss huset och kolla åt vilket håll termostaten sitterUnscrew the housing and check which way the thermostat is facing

##### Synonyms

* kåk
* stuga

##### Hyponyms

* bostadshus
* brygghus
* bårhus
* dårhus
* flerfamiljshus
* folkets hus
* furstehus
* förlagshus
* hemlighus
* horhus
* höghus
* hönshus
* kamerahus
* kungahus
* kårhus
* kärnhus
* lamellhus
* låghus
* operahus
* skivhus
* småhus
* spökhus
* stadshus
* tehus
* underhus
* uthus
* öppet hus
* överhus

##### Derived terms

* gå man ur huse
* husa
* husaga
* husandakt
* husapotek
* husarrest
* husband
* husbehov
* husbil
* husbock
* husbonde
* husbyggare
* husbygge
* husbyggnad
* husbåt
* husdjur
* huse
* husera
* husering
* husesyn
* husfader
* husfaderlig
* husfar
* husfasad
* husflit
* husfluga
* husfolk
* husfrid
* husfru
* husföreståndarinna
* husförhör
* husgavel
* husgeråd
* husgrund
* husgrupp
* husgud
* hushyra
* hushåll
* hushålla
* hushållare
* hushållerska
* hushållning
* hushållsam
* husjungfru
* huskarl
* huskatt
* husklunga
* husknut
* huskomplex
* huskors
* huskropp
* huskur
* husköp
* husköpare
* huslig
* huslighet
* husly
* huslån
* husläkare
* huslänga
* husman
* husmanskost
* husmoder
* husmoderlig
* husmor
* husmus
* husnummer
* husockupant
* husockupation
* husorgan
* huspianist
* huspiga
* huspostilla
* huspris
* husrad
* husrannsakan
* husrannsakning
* husrum
* husråtta
* husse
* hussvala
* hussvamp
* hustak
* hustavlan
* hustomte
* hustru
* hustyp
* hustyrann
* husundersökning
* husvagn
* husvill
* husvillhet
* husvägg
* husvärd
* husägare
* hålla hus
* krigsmanshus

#### See also

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

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

hus c
* beluga (Huso huso)

##### Declension
### References

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

### Anagrams

* SUH

## Unami
### Etymology

From Dutch.

### Noun

hus anim (plural husàk)
* bucket

## Upper Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦus/

### Noun

hus f
* goose

### Further reading

* “hus” in Soblex