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Haubitze
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German
Etymology
de gmh goh gem-pro
Borrowed during the Hussite Wars (early 15th c.) from de zlw-ocs haufnicě (modern cs houfnice).
Compare modern de Haufen, modern cs houf flock, crowd. Early German forms were de huffnitze, hauffenicz. The current form with -b- appears around 1700.Haubitze in: Wolfgang Pfeifer et al., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (1993), published at dwds.de“Haubitze” in: Kluge/Seebold, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, De Gruyter, Berlin, 2002
Pronunciation
de /haʊ̯ˈbɪt͡sə/
de De-Haubitze.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
de military howitzer
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Panzerhaubitze
de voll wie eine Haubitze
Descendants
nl houwitser 1
en howitzer 1
fr obus 1
it obice 1
pl haubica 1
be га́убица 1
ru га́убица 1
uk гаубиця 1
sh hàubica 1
sv haubits 1
fi haupitsi 1
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