Why zu hause

Recently we have been talking on here about the home: das Zuhause. Or is it zuhause? Or zu Hause? Or even… das Haus? This word with a small z is the same as zu Hause , above. They can be used interchangeably. Zuhause with a small z was introduced in the spelling reform as an alternative spelling to zu Hause.

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Hause isn't really a separate word- the only place you'll find it in is "zu Hause", which is an alternative way to spell zuhause. Haus refers to any kind of house, no matter whose. Zuhause refers to your own home only. See a translation. Active Oldest Votes. Same for nachhause , though it's more common to write nach Hause.

Improve this answer. Janka Janka 46k 2 2 gold badges 48 48 silver badges 96 96 bronze badges. Because zuhause and friends are specifically meant for your own home.

These are fixed phrases. If you want to emphasize it's the place where Peter lives rather than one of his belongings , you can use Heim instead of Haus. I thought this was clear by stating these are fixed phrases. There is no system in them. Your examples are all correct but the last one. But these need not to be the home of somebody else. Peters Haus is a house Peter possesses. Not necessarily his home. Yes you are right about the last.

I knew they are fixed phrases, I just needed a table like that to help me remember how else can a nongerman learn them? But, thanks a lot! None of your conjectures is completely correct. And houses are not always used for living. Also offices and shops are in houses. Ich komme von zu Hause. I'm coming from home. Ich gehe nach Hause.

I go home. I will move to the place where I live. When I live in a boat, then I go to this boat. Ich gehe zu Karins Haus. I go to Karin's house. But if the owner of the house is the subject of the sentence, then the subject goes to his own house: Ich gehe zu meinem Haus.