hausen
German, verb
hausen is spelled H-A-U-S-E-N (6 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hausen is a German verb meaning “to dwell, to reside (under poor or makeshift conditions, or alternatively evoking the image of a creature in its den)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hausen is a different word: “Huso, genus of sturgeon”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “wohnen”.
What does hausen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialderogatoryto dwell, to reside (under poor or makeshift conditions, or alternatively evoking the image of a creature in its den)
Er haust in einem alten Zelt.
- 2
colloquialdatedderogatoryto rage, to rampage (chiefly of weather events or marauding troops)
noun
- 1
masculineHuso, genus of sturgeon
suffix
- 1
Suffix forming names of human settlements like villages, towns, and cities.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. wohnen 2. unter schlechten Bedingungen wohnen 3. abgesondert wohnen, sodass man keinen Einblick in jemandes Lebensweise bekommt 4. wohnen
noun: 1. großer Stör, dessen Rogen als Kaviar verwendet wird
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 hausen
- haust present singular third-person
- hauste past
- gehaust participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hausend participle present
- hause first-person indicative present
- hausest second-person singular subjunctive
- hauset plural second-person subjunctive
- hausten first-person indicative plural
- haustest indicative preterite second-person
- haustet indicative plural preterite
- haus imperative second-person singular
- habe gehaust first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gehaust first-person indicative multiword-construction
- hause! imperative singular
- haust! imperative plural
- gehaust haben active infinitive perfect
- zu hausen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is hausen in German?
hausen appears 3.6 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).