Hunni

German

Etymology

Hunderter +‎ -i, from hundert (hundred).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊni/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Hunni m (strong, genitive Hunnis, plural Hunnis)

  1. (colloquial) a hundred-currency note
    Coordinate terms: Zwanni, Tausi
    • 2011, Jacques Berndorf, Eifel-Müll[1], Grafit Verlag, →ISBN:
      »Ein Hunni?« »Ein Hunni«, nickte ich. Wir betraten hinter Martin seinen Palast und ich hörte, wie Rodenstock beim Anblick der chaotischen Tigerfellanhäufung den Atem einsog und gleich darauf entsetzt stöhnte. Ich nahm einen Hundertmarkschein aus meiner Geldbörse und legte sie auf den Tisch.
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Declension

Further reading

  • Hunni” in Duden online
  • Hunni” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Chūnnī, Chūnī

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hūnnī m pl (genitive Hūnnōrum); second declension

  1. the Huns

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Hūnnī
genitive Hūnnōrum
dative Hūnnīs
accusative Hūnnōs
ablative Hūnnīs
vocative Hūnnī

Derived terms

  • Hūnniscus

References

  • Hunni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hunni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Hunni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Hūnnī, as if from Proto-West Germanic *Hūnī, *Hunnī. Cognate with Old English Hūnas, Old Norse húnir.

Proper noun

Hunni m pl

  1. the Huns

Usage notes

  • Attested in Hildebrandslied as nominative singular hun and genitive plural huneo, possibly indicating a long-vowel form hūn-, as seen in the Old English and Old Norse equivalents.

Declension

Declension of Hunn (masculine i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative Hunn Hunni
accusative Hunn Hunni
genitive Hunnes Hunno
dative Hunne Hunnim, Hunnen
instrumental Hunnu
Declension of Hūn (masculine i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative Hūn Hūni
accusative Hūn Hūni
genitive Hūnes Hūno
dative Hūne Hūnim, Hūnen
instrumental Hūnu