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Hunni
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Hunni m (strong, genitive Hunnis, plural Hunnis)
- (colloquial) a hundred-currency note
- 2011, Jacques Berndorf, Eifel-Müll, 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
Declension of Hunni [masculine, strong]
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Latin
Alternative forms
- Chūnnī, Chūnī
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhuːn.niː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈun.ni]
Proper noun
Hūnnī m pl (genitive Hūnnōrum); second declension
- the Huns
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Derived terms
- Hūnniscus
Descendants
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
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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
- 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
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