Hanf
German
Etymology
From Middle High German hanef, hanif, hanf, from Old High German hanaf, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz.
Compare Dutch hennep, English hemp, Danish hamp. Also cognate with Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis), whence the doublet Cannabis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hanf/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /hamf/ (colloquial, regional)
Audio: (file)
Noun
Hanf m or (rare) n (strong, genitive Hanfes or Hanfs, no plural)
Usage notes
- The neuter gender is rare, but is sometimes found when referring to the use as a drug (after the synonyms above, which are all neuter).
Declension
Declension of Hanf [sg-only, masculine // neuter (rare), strong]
Derived terms
Related terms
Proper noun
Hanf m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hanfs or (with an article) Hanf, feminine genitive Hanf, plural Hanfs)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Hanf [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Hanf | (eine) | (die) | Hanf | (die) | Hanfs |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Hanfs, Hanf1 | (einer) | (der) | Hanf | (der) | Hanfs |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Hanf | (einer) | (der) | Hanf | (den) | Hanfs |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Hanf | (eine) | (die) | Hanf | (die) | Hanfs |
1With an article.
Further reading
- “Hanf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hanf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Hanf” in Duden online
- Hanf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Hanf” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Luxembourgish
Alternative forms
- Hunnef (now less common)
Etymology
From German Hanf, chiefly displacing the native form above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑnf/
Noun
Hanf m (uncountable)