overwordExplorer
SWEDISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

hus.

a house

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/hʉːs/[hʉᵝːs̪]

  1. a house

    neuter
    ett rött hus
    Conny bor i ett hus

  2. a house (restaurant, casino, theater, etc. – place of public accommodation or entertainment)

    neuter
    Huset bjuder
    Det var fullt hus på premiären

  3. a house

    neuter
    husets talman

  4. a house ((royal) family)

    neuter
    Huset Bernadotte har regerat Sverige sedan 1818

  5. a castle (several Swedish castles have "hus" in their name)

    archaic · neuter

  6. a house (section of the zodiac)

    neuter

  7. a housing

    neuter · uncommon
    Skruva loss huset och kolla åt vilket håll termostaten sitter
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish hūs, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).

noun/hʉːs/[hʉᵝːs̪]

  1. beluga (Huso huso)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From the genus name, New Latin huso (“sturgeon”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

hus has 3 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

hus studiohus workshello, hus

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.