Etymology

hause

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Today it means: A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass. Full definition →

Middle English halse
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hause · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromhalse“neck”
  2. English todayhause

A variant, like hawse (“part of a vessel's bow containing hawseholes”), of Middle English halse (“neck”); see hawse for more.

Hause · proper noun2

From the German surname, variant of Haus.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishhalse all →

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