nach Hause
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See also: nachhause
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
nach (“to”) + Hause, dative of Haus (“house”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- home, homeward (mobile, goal-oriented)
- 2012 April 16, Die Welt[1], archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 20:
- Seit über 150 Jahren rätseln Ornithologen darüber, wieso Brieftauben immer so zielsicher ihren Weg nach Hause finden.
- For more than 150 years, ornithologists have been puzzling over why carrier pigeons always find their way home so unerringly.
Usage notes[edit]
Used when there is motion in the sentence. To express the stationary, non-goal-oriented sense of "home", see zu Hause.