Noun: haus
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | haus |
| Sg. Def. | hausinn |
| Pl. Indef. | hausar |
| Pl. Def. | hausarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | hauss |
| Sg. Def. | haussins |
| Pl. Indef. | hausa |
| Pl. Def. | hausanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | haus |
| Sg. Def. | hausnum |
| Pl. Indef. | hausum |
| Pl. Def. | hausunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | haus |
| Sg. Def. | hausinn |
| Pl. Indef. | hausa |
| Pl. Def. | hausana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like haus
sirkus,
þöngulhaus,
klikkhaus,
sleikjó,
smóking,
prófessor,
nýdoktor,
æruprís,
heftivír,
díler,
mínus,
faraó,
gaggó,
lager,
lemúr,
majór,
jóker,
tenór,
parís,
ráder, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse hauss, from Proto-Germanic *hausaz, cognate with Lithuanian kiáušė (“skul”), Latvian kaûss (“cup”); from the same basic Proto-Indo-European root as hodd (“treasure”), hosa (“tube”) and hús (“house”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
hauss', Latvian Nouns '
kauss'.
Translations