{"id":12681,"date":"2021-02-24T23:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=12681"},"modified":"2021-02-24T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T11:10:08","slug":"zuhause-zu-hause-haus-whats-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/zuhause-zu-hause-haus-whats-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuhause, zu Hause, Haus… What’s The Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guten Tag! Recently we have been talking on here about the home: das Zuhause. Or is it zuhause? Or zu Hause? Or even… das Haus? Heimat? Daheim?? What’s the difference?? If this topic confuses you, you\u2019re not alone! In this post I will try to clear up the confusion surrounding all these different ways of saying the word \u2018home\u2019 in German.<\/p>\n

Zuhause, zu Hause, Haus… What’s The Difference?<\/h2>\n
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Das Zuhause<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This noun is the closest translation to the English word \u2018home\u2019. When you talk about das Zuhause, you are talking about yours, or someone else\u2019s, home: Er hat ein sch\u00f6nes Zuhause<\/em> (\u2018He has a nice home\u2019). Although it contains the word \u2018Haus\u2019 (German for \u2018house\u2019), Zuhause<\/em> isn\u2019t limited to houses themselves: an apartment can also be called das Zuhause, because the word’s translation is \u2018home\u2019, not \u2018house\u2019.<\/p>\n

zu Hause<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This is an adverb meaning \u2018at home’. It’s talking more generally about home, rather than a person’s specific<\/em> home. One example of how to use this is by saying you feel \u2018at home\u2019 somewhere: In Berlin f\u00fchle ich mich wie zu Hause<\/em> (‘I feel at home in Berlin’). Another example is, Er wohnt noch zu Hause<\/em> (‘He still lives at home’), referring to someone still living with their parents.<\/p>\n

zuhause<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This word (with a small z) is the same as zu Hause<\/em>, above. They can be used interchangeably. Zuhause<\/em> (with a small z) was introduced in the spelling reform as an alternative spelling to zu Hause.<\/em><\/p>\n

das Haus<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This means \u2018house\u2019, and usually refers to the building that makes up your home: \u2018Das ist ein gro\u00dfes Haus\u2019<\/em> (\u2018that\u2019s a big house\u2019), or \u2018das Haus seiner Eltern\u2019<\/em> (\u2018his parents\u2019 house\u2019), for example. Although you can use das Haus to talk about your home<\/em>, there’s usually still the implication that you’re talking about your physical house: Ich gehe kaum mehr aus dem Haus<\/em> (‘I am hardly leaving the house any more’).<\/p>\n

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Die Heimat<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This is a uniquely German word that means \u2018home\u2019, but it refers more to the country, region, town or city you call your home. This can be the place you were born\/grew up in, but it\u2019s not necessarily so. Click on this post<\/a> to read more about die Heimat.<\/p>\n

Das Heim<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This is another word that means \u2018home\u2019 in German, though it\u2019s more commonly associated with care homes and other, similar places. Das Altenheim<\/em>, for example, is the German word for an old people\u2019s home, while das Wohnheim<\/em> means dormitory, or hostel.<\/p>\n

daheim<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This is another way of saying \u2018at home\u2019; it\u2019s pretty much the same as zuhause\/zu Hause (see above). The difference is that the word daheim<\/em> is regional; it is most commonly used in southern Germany, where it is pronounced \u2018dahoam\u2019<\/em> in Bavarian dialect. There is even a Bavarian TV series called Dahoam is Dahoam (\u2018Home is Home\u2019).<\/p>\n

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I hope this has helped clear up any confusion you may have had surrounding these words! If you can think of any words that I missed out, feel free to drop them in the comment box below, and I’ll get back to you and\/or write a follow-up post.<\/p>\n

Bis bald (until next time)!<\/p>\n

Constanze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"what's

Guten Tag! Recently we have been talking on here about the home: das Zuhause. Or is it zuhause? Or zu Hause? Or even… das Haus? Heimat? Daheim?? What’s the difference?? If this topic confuses you, you\u2019re not alone! In this post I will try to clear up the confusion surrounding all these different ways of…<\/p>\n

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