Gehäuse
German, noun/ɡəˈhɔʏ̯zə/
Gehäuse is spelled G-E-H-Ä-U-S-E (7 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written German, the 8,847th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gehäuse is a German neuter noun meaning “casing, case, housing, shell (frame or box around something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hülle zum Schutz von Geräten oder Tieren”.
What does Gehäuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercasing, case, housing, shell (frame or box around something)
- 2
neuterellipsis of Kerngehäuse (“core of an apple, pear, etc.”)
- 3
neuterslangellipsis of Torgehäuse (“post and crossbar of a goal”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hülle zum Schutz von Geräten oder Tieren 2. Inneres von Kernobst 3. Tor bei verschiedenen Sportarten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gehäuse
- Gehäuses genitive
- Gehäusen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gehäuse?
- /ɡəˈhɔʏ̯zə/
- [ɡəˈhɔɪ̯zə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gehäuse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gehäuse in German?
Gehäuse appears 7.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).