housing

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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house

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).

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