Haubitze

Concepts

howitzer

gun

🔫

mortar

high-angle gun

Synonyms

Mörser

Artillerie

Geschütz

Granatwerfer

Kanone

Translations

houwitser

obice

obusier

obús

obus

οβιδοβόλο

obús

havantopu

ολμοβόλο

χόβιτζερ

mortier

obusièr

morteiro

obüs

Pronounced as (IPA)

/haʊ̯ˈbɪt͡sə/

Etymology

Cognate with Czech: houfnice

In summary

Borrowed during the Hussite Wars (early 15th c.) from Old Czech haufnicě (modern Czech houfnice), derived from húf, hauf (“heap”), a borrowing from Middle High German hūfe. Compare modern German Haufen, modern Czech houf (“flock, crowd”). Early German forms were huffnitze, hauffenicz. The current form with -b- appears around 1700.