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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1220–1240, Middle Dutch (Aiol, as te hús)}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /tœy̯s/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''thuis'''^(Wiktionary)

+ The written forms ''te huis'', ''tehuis'' and ''t'huis'' also occur; in speech the /h/ is lost, as /tœys/.^(WNT)^(Wiktionary) As a noun it is neuter, but masculine in the south.^(WNT)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|dum|thuus]], [[af|dum|te|hûs|t1=at, to|t2=house]]: the preposition [[te]] with [[huis]] in the sense “place where someone lives”.^(EWN)^(Wiktionary)^(De Vries 1971) The regular dative ending ⟨-e⟩ was already dropped in this phrase in Middle Dutch, but it survives after the article in ⟨ten huize van⟩ “at the house of”.^(EWN) The contracted ⟨thuus⟩, later ⟨thuis⟩, was the usual form already in Middle Dutch, beside the full ⟨te huus⟩, later ⟨te huis⟩ and ⟨tehuis⟩.^(EWN)^(WNT)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Middle Dutch ''te hús'' “home(wards)” is first recorded in 1220–1240: ''te hús si si gedragen brachten'', “they carried her home”.^(EWN) The contracted ''thus'' follows in 1270, in an order to weave off a cloth and send it home.^(EWN)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle Dutch the word meant both “to one's house” and “in one's house”: in 1285 someone ''quam thus'' to rest, and in 1298 a text speaks of those of the duke's men who would stay at home.^(EWN) The direction sense is now mostly expressed by ''naar huis'': a line of 1513, ''Jc wil ghaen thuus'', would today use ''naar huis''.^(WNT)^(Van Dale 2014) Phrases like ''thuis brengen'' and ''thuis halen'' are recorded from the 16th and 17th centuries, the latter also of death fetching someone.^(WNT)

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+ The noun “home” appears as early as 1485, of a drunkard who knows well that he has a home.^(EWN) It became common in the 19th century: ''Het te huis is de hemel eener hollandsche vrouw'' (1841).^(WNT) In the south the phrase ''eenen thuis en eenen tonzent hebben'' meant to have a home of one's own and another where one is always welcome.^(WNT) The form ''tehuis'' was later specialised for an institution, a home for the elderly or for children.^(EWN)^(WNT)

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+ In sport ''thuis'' means on one's own ground.^(Van Dale 2014) Afrikaans has [[m|af|tuis]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1220–1240 – ''Te hús'' “home” is first recorded.^(EWN)

+ * 1270 – The contracted ''thus'' appears.^(EWN)

+ * 1298 – A text speaks of those who would stay at home (''thus bleue'').^(EWN)

+ * 1485 – ''Thuus'' is used as a noun, “home”.^(EWN)

+ * 1513 – ''Jc wil ghaen thuus'', with the sense of direction now given by ''naar huis''.^(WNT)

+ * 1617 – ''Ergens thuisliggen'' is recorded, first as ''voor een oordje thuis liggen'', to lodge somewhere for a trifle.^(Van Veen & Van der Sijs 1997)

+ * 1841 – The noun ''te huis'' “home” is used of a Dutch household.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|home]], to one's house: ''Na de film fietsten we samen thuis.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(WNT)

+ # At home, where one lives: ''Mijn broer is vanavond niet thuis.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(sports)'' On one's own ground: ''Ajax speelt zondag thuis.''^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|dwelling|alt=Home]], the place where one lives and feels at ease: ''Ze zoekt een nieuw thuis voor haar kat.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[thuiskomen]]

+ * [[thuiskomst]]

+ * [[thuisreis]]

+ * [[thuishaven]]

+ * [[thuiswaarts]]

+ * [[thuiswerk]]

+ * [[thuisblijver]]

+ * [[thuiswedstrijd]]

+ * [[thuisclub]]

+ * [[thuisloos]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[huis]]

+ * [[te]]

+ * [[tehuis]]

+ * [[m|af|tuis]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Doe of je thuis bent'' is said to put a guest at ease, and ''niet thuis geven'' means not to answer the door or the phone, or to be unwilling to respond.^(Van Dale 2014) ''Handen thuis!'' means “don't touch me”.^(Van Dale 2014) ''Ergens niet thuis zijn'' was said in Surinamese Dutch of something improper or out of place.^(Van Donselaar 1989) Van Veen and Van der Sijs explain ''ergens thuisliggen'', to have no say somewhere, from the older ''voor een oordje of een blanck thuis liggen''.^(Van Veen & Van der Sijs 1997)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}