heus

From Latin ostium.

heus m (plural heus)

1. door

heus

1. second-person singular present indicative form of heure

heu + vos. Compare Portuguese eis, Spanish he.

heus

1. (formal) there is

   heus ací

   here is

• vet
• (Algherese) mi-lo, mi-la, mi-los, mi-les

From Middle Dutch hovesch, and thus the same word as hoofs (“courtly”). Originally a western variant form.

For the semantic and phonetic development of this word compare also German hübsch (“pretty”) and Central Franconian höösch (“careful, slow”).

• IPA^(key): /ɦøːs/

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• Hyphenation: heus
• Rhymes: -øːs

heus (comparative heuser, superlative meest heus or heust)

1. friendly, polite
2. real, genuine
3. impressive for being indistinguishable from the real thing; nothing less than...

   Komende zaterdag wordt ons lokaal omgetoverd tot een heuse discotheek.

   You won't believe it, but next Saturday, the hall (of our youth movement) will be transformed into a real discotheque.

• heusch (obsolete)

• onheus

• Javindo: hees, geus
• Petjo: heus-heus

heus

1. really, actually, genuinely

• IPA^(key): /y/

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heus

1. first/second-person singular past historic of havoir

heus m pl

1. masculine plural of the past participle of havoir

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heu̯s/, [hɛu̯s̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯s/, [ɛu̯s]

heus

1. hey!, ho!, ho there!, listen!
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid I.321:

     Ac prior, 'Heus' inquit 'iuvenēs, mōnstrāte meārum

     And previously he said, "Hey young men, show me [...]"

   • 52 BCE, Cicero, Pro Milone XXII:

     Heus tu, Rufio [...]

     Hey you, Rufio [...]