Zwerchhaus

== German == === Etymology === From zwerch (“crossways”) +‎ Haus (“house”), so named for being perpendicular to the main roof line. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡svɛʁçhaʊ̯s/ Hyphenation: Zwerch‧haus === Noun === Zwerchhaus n (strong, genitive Zwerchhauses, plural Zwerchhäuser) (architecture) wall dormer (a projection out of a slanted roof whose front is flush with the wall below on that side, optionally multiple floors tall) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== Gaube === References === “Zwerchhaus” in Duden online “Zwerchhaus”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)