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
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Noun

Haubitze f (genitive Haubitze, plural Haubitzen)

  1. howitzer

Declension
Declension of Haubitze
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

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Descendants

References
  1. Haubitze in Duden online
  2. "Haubitze" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, second edition, Academia, 1968
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