Definition
A building in which people live.
Translations
- English
- house
- Français
- maison
- Türkçe
- ev
- Polski
- dom
- Русский
- дом
- Українська
- будинок
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Haus
- A1
- Noun
- Home & Household
house
/das ˈhaʊ̯s/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Häuser
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Home & HouseholdPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Haus ist sehr alt.NominativSing.The house is very old.
- Sie kaufen ein neues Haus.AkkusativSing.They are buying a new house.
- Meine Familie wohnt in einem kleinen Haus.DativSing.My family lives in a small house.
- Vor dem Haus steht ein Baum.DativSing.There is a tree in front of the house.
- Wir wohnen in einem kleinen Haus.DativSing.We live in a small house.
- Vor dem Haus steht ein Auto.DativSing.There is a car in front of the house.
- In dieser Straße stehen viele Häuser.NominativPlur.There are many houses on this street.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Haus/haʊ̯s/
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Article phrase
das Haus/das ˈhaʊ̯s/
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Plural
Häuser/ˈhɔɪ̯zɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Haus | die Häuser |
| Akkusativ | das Haus | die Häuser |
| Dativ | dem Haus | den Häusern |
| Genitiv | des Hauses | der Häuser |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionin einem Hausin + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionvor dem Hausvor + Dativ
- Collocationein Haus kaufen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termGebäude — building
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word