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]
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Noun

Haubitze f (genitive Haubitze, plural Haubitzen)

  1. howitzer

Declension
Declension of Haubitze [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Haubitze die Haubitzen
genitive einer der Haubitze der Haubitzen
dative einer der Haubitze den Haubitzen
accusative eine die Haubitze die Haubitzen

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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