gasthaus

American  

[gahst-haus] / ˈgɑstˌhaʊs /

noun

• gasthauses,
  plural
• gasthäuser
  plural

1. a German inn or tavern.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gasthauses
  plural
• gasthäuser
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of gasthaus

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

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Example Sentences

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gasthaus gasthauses

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 Thomas Stevens

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 James Fenimore Cooper

On top of the gasthaus is a rude observatory, and before starting I take a view of the country.

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

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

In my search for a cheap German gasthaus I walked nearly all over the city.

From The Land of Thor by J. Ross (John Ross) Browne

We risk brawling through our brief vacation unless we sacrifice or separate — him bingeing in kaffeehauses on sachertorte and apfelstrudel, me haunting gasthauses for wienerschitzel, mushrooms, cheese.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2015

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