"Gehäuse" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ɡəˈhɔʏ̯zə/ Audio: De-Gehäuse.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯zə Etymology: From Late Middle High German gehiuse, geheus (15th c.), collective of Middle High German hūs (“house”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|gehiuse}} Middle High German gehiuse, {{der|de|gmh|hūs||house}} Middle High German hūs (“house”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,-}} Gehäuse n (strong, genitive Gehäuses, plural Gehäuse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,-}} Forms: Gehäuses [genitive], Gehäuse [plural], strong [table-tags], Gehäuse [nominative, singular], Gehäuse [definite, nominative, plural], Gehäuses [genitive, singular], Gehäuse [definite, genitive, plural], Gehäuse [dative, singular], Gehäusen [dative, definite, plural], Gehäuse [accusative, singular], Gehäuse [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. casing, case, housing, shell (frame or box around something) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Gehäuse-de-noun-oFpnwP~1
  2. ellipsis of Kerngehäuse (“core of an apple, pear, etc.”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, neuter, strong Alternative form of: Kerngehäuse (extra: core of an apple, pear, etc.)
    Sense id: en-Gehäuse-de-noun-DS~2bKRT Categories (other): German ellipses
  3. (ball games slang) ellipsis of Torgehäuse (“post and crossbar of a goal”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, neuter, slang, strong Alternative form of: Torgehäuse (extra: post and crossbar of a goal) Synonyms: Gebälk, Aluminium
    Sense id: en-Gehäuse-de-noun-sjTUq-GD Categories (other): German ellipses, Ball games, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 5 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 5 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 4 84 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Computergehäuse, Gehäuseschnecke, Kerngehäuse, Torgehäuse Related terms: Haus

Inflected forms

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