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Hütte.

hut, cabin, shack, cottage (small house, typically built of light materials rather than stone)

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhʏtə/
  1. hut, cabin, shack, cottage (small house, typically built of light materials rather than stone)

    feminine
  2. metalworks, ironworks (factory that produces metal)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German hütte, from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, though the word is originally exclusively High German. Further origin unknown. Some theories link it to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”). All related words in European languages are borrowings from Old High German. Compare Dutch hut, French hutte, English hut, etc.

name/ˈhʏtə/
  1. synonym of Eisenhüttenstadt

    informal · neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German hütte, from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, though the word is originally exclusively High German. Further origin unknown. Some theories link it to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”). All related words in European languages are borrowings from Old High German. Compare Dutch hut, French hutte, English hut, etc.

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