heus

From Latin ostium.

heus m (plural heus)

1. door

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛws]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈəws]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈews]

heu + vos. Compare Portuguese eis, Spanish he.

heus

1. (formal) there is

   heus ací

   here is

• vet
• (Algherese) mi-lo, mi-la, mi-los, mi-les

heus

1. second-person singular present indicative of heure
2. second-person singular present indicative of haver

From Middle Dutch hovesch, and thus the same word as hoofs (“courtly”). Originally a western variant form.

For the semantic and phonetic development of this word compare also German hübsch (“pretty”) and Central Franconian höösch (“careful, slow”). Semantically compare the also related German höflich (“polite”) as well as French courtois (“courtly, polite”).

• IPA^(key): /ɦøːs/

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• Hyphenation: heus
• Rhymes: -øːs

heus (comparative heuser, superlative meest heus or heust)

1. friendly, polite
2. real, genuine
3. impressive for being indistinguishable from the real thing; nothing less than.

   Komende zaterdag wordt ons lokaal omgetoverd tot een heuse discotheek.

   You won't believe it, but next Saturday, the hall (of our youth movement) will be transformed into a real discotheque.

• heusch (obsolete)

• onheus

• Javindo: hees, geus
• Petjo: heus-heus

heus

1. really, actually, genuinely

• IPA^(key): /y/

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heus

1. first/second-person singular past historic of havoir

heus m pl

1. masculine plural of heu

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heu̯s/, [hɛu̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯s/, [ɛu̯s]

heus

1. hey!, ho!, ho there!, listen!
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid I.321:

     Ac prior, 'Heus' inquit 'iuvenēs, mōnstrāte meārum

     And previously he said, "Hey young men, show me [...]"

   • 52 BCE, Cicero, Pro Milone XXII:

     Heus tu, Rufio [...]

     Hey you, Rufio [...]