hond

See also: Hond, hönd, hǫnd, and Hond.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hond.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɔnt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

hond (plural honde, diminutive hondjie)

  1. dog

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɔnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hond
  • Rhymes: -ɔnt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ. Cognate to German Hund, English hound.

Noun

hond m (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

  1. dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
    De hond rent achter de bal aan.The dog is running after the ball.
    Zijn hond is zijn beste vriend.His dog is his best friend.
    Het hondje speelt in de tuin.The little dog is playing in the garden.
  2. (derogatory) A derogatory term for a human; a reprehensible person
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: hond
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: hondo
  • Jersey Dutch: hônt
  • Negerhollands: hond, hon, hont, hun
    • Virgin Islands Creole: hont (dated)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch *hunt, from Proto-Germanic *hundą. Related to honderd.

Noun

hond n (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

  1. (obsolete) an old unit of area measuring 100 roeden, approximately 0.14 hectares

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔnt/
    Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

hond f (genitive singular handar, plural hendur)

  1. hand
  2. arm
    Synonym: armur
  3. handful
  4. handwriting
    Synonym: handskrift
  5. signature
    Synonym: undirskrift
  6. side (right or left)
    Synonyms: síða, lið
  7. (obsolete) little halibut
    Synonym: lógvi

Declension

f9 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hond hondin hendur hendurnar
accusative hond hondina hendur hendurnar
dative hond hondini hondum hondunum
genitive handar handarinnar handa handanna

The original dative singular, hendi, also occurs, but rarely.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hand, hond (hand).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hand/, /haːnd/, /hɔnd/, /hɔːnd/

Noun

hond (plural hondes or honden or hond)

  1. hand
    • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Psalm 143:1”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
      Blessid be my Lord God, that techith myn hondis to werre and my fyngris to batel.
      Blessed be my Lord God, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to battle.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Noun

hond

  1. alternative form of hound

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔnː/, /honː/, /hɔnd/, /hond/

Noun

hond f (definite singular hondi or honda, indefinite plural hender, definite plural henderna or hendene)

  1. (anatomy, høgnorsk) (pre-1938) alternative form of hand
    Taka imot med baade Hondom
    Receive with both hands [welcome with open arms]
    Og Herrens Hond var yver honom
    And the hand of the Lord was over him
Landsmål declension of hond (strong consonant-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative hond hondi hender1 henderna1
dative (hondenne) hondom
compound-genitive

1Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.

See also

References

  • “hand”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “hand” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xond/, [hond]

Noun

hond f

  1. alternative form of hand

Declension

Strong u-stem:

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *handu. Cognates include Old English hand and Old Saxon hand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhond/

Noun

hond f

  1. (anatomy) hand

Descendants

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Saxon

Noun

hond f

  1. alternative form of hand