houbet

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• heubet, heupt, höubet, houpt, höupt, höuvet

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German houbit, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhou̯.bət/, (Central German) /ˈhøy̯.bət/

Noun

houbet n

1. head
   • c. 1200, Walther von der Vogelweide, Under der linden:

     Dō het er gemachet alsō rīche
     Von bluomen eine bettestat.
     Des wirt noch gelachet inneclīche,
     Kumt iemen an daz selbe pfat.
     Bī den rōsen er wol mac
     Merken, wā mirz houbet lac.

     Then he made quite opulently
     A bedstead from flowers.
     That will still be laughed at deeply
     When someone comes down that same path.
     By the roses they may well
     Notice where my head has lain.

Declension

Declension of houbet (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	houbet	diu	houbet
genitive	eines	dës	houbetes	dër	houbete
dative	eime	dëm	houbete	dën	houbeten
accusative	ein	daȥ	houbet	diu	houbet

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Haupt
• German: Haupt, Haubt, Häubt, Häupt, Heubt, Heupt
  • → Plautdietsch: Haupt
• Vilamovian: hiöt
• Yiddish: הויפּט (hoypt)