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huis

(Englisch)

a door, access

Frequenz

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɥi/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Old French huis m, from Latin ostium n. Compare Walloon ouxh m. The h was added to avoid confusion with vis, as u and v were historically interchangeable. (Compare huile, huit, huître for use of unetymological h.)

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