Haubitze

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed during the Hussite Wars (early 15th c.) from Old Czech haufnicě (modern Czech houfnice). Compare modern German Haufen, modern Czech houf (“flock, crowd”). Early German forms were huffnitze, hauffenicz. The current form with -b- appears around 1700. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haʊ̯ˈbɪt͡sə/ === Noun === Haubitze f (genitive Haubitze, plural Haubitzen) (military) howitzer ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Panzerhaubitze voll wie eine Haubitze ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “Haubitze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Haubitze on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Haubitze” in Duden online