Haubitze

German

Etymology

From Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice,[1][2] which was derived from houf (“flock, crowd”) +‎ -nice. The Czech noun houf itself comes from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [haʊ̯ˈbɪt͡sə]
  • (file)

Noun

Haubitze f (genitive Haubitze, plural Haubitzen)

  1. howitzer

Declension

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Descendants

References

  1. “Haubitze” in Duden online
  2. Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

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