gasthaus

American  

[gahst-hous] / ˈgɑstˌhaʊs /

noun

plural

gasthauses, gasthäuser

1. a German inn or tavern.

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Etymology

Origin of gasthaus

First recorded in 1825–35, gasthaus is from the German word Gasthaus guesthouse

Example Sentences

At the little gasthaus at Pfalzburg the people appear to understand and anticipate an Englishman's gastronomic peculiarities, for the first time since leaving England I am confronted at the supper-table with excellent steak and tea.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

Gray was wrong: the paths of glory lead not to the grave, but to the gasthaus; and Matthisson could have imitated the "Elegy" about as well in the gaming-hall as among these rejuvenated ruins.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 by Various

Reaching Freudenstadt about noon, the mountain-climbing, the bracing air, and the pine fragrance cause me to give the good people at the gasthaus an impressive lesson in the effect of cycling on the human appetite.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

He passed from street to street—from gasthaus to gasthaus—everywhere the same dreary negative; and the day waned, and his search was still unsuccessful. 

From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by Duthie, William

We found convent, gasthaus, and sentiment, without any pre-occupants.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore