hond

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

    Inherited from Old English hand, hond (hand), from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

    The plural hend is probably borrowed from the Old Norse nominative/accusative plural hendr.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hɔ̝ːnd/, /hɔnd/
    • IPA(key): /haːnd/, /hand/ (especially Northern)
    • IPA(key): /hoːnd/ (West Midland, from Old English hond)

    Noun

    hond (plural hondes or (mostly early) honde, honden or (East Midland, Northern) hend)

    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

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    hond

    1. alternative form of onde (breath)

    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]
    • Rhymes: -ond

    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