Haut

See also: haut and häut

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Haut.

Proper noun

Haut (plural Hauts)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Haut is the 33530th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 680 individuals. Haut is most common among White (96.91%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt, from Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haʊt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯t

Noun

Haut f (genitive Haut, plural Häute, diminutive Häutchen n or Häutlein n)

  1. skin, hide of a person, animal or (part of a) plant
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg (Berlin: S. Fischer, 1929), p. 346:
      "Von der Haut? Interessieren Sie sich für Physiologie?"
      About the skin? You're interested in physiology?
  2. (by extension, metonymic) a creature, especially a person
    brave Hautbrave person
  3. skin (membrane found on the surface of an object, like a sausage)

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Esperanto: haŭto

See also

Further reading

  • Haut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Haut” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Haut” in Duden online
  • Haut on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • haut (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaʊ̯t/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯t
  • Syllabification: Haut

Noun

Haut f (plural Heit, diminutive Heitche)

  1. skin; hide
    Er hod en dunkle Haut.
    He has dark skin.
    Eere Haut is aarich schrumplich.
    Her skin is very wrinkled.

Further reading

  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Haut”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hūt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hæu̯t/, [hæˑʊ̯t]

Noun

Haut f (plural Hait)

  1. skin

Derived terms

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt. Compare German Haut, Dutch huid, English hide.

Noun

Haut f (plural Heit)

  1. skin, hide
  2. cuticle
  3. membrane
  4. film