han

See also: Appendix:Variations of "han"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Hangaza.

Symbol

han

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hangaza.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English han, contraction of haven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæn/, /heɪn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /hən/
• Rhymes: -æn, -eɪn

Verb

han

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of have
   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:

     They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;

   • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheards Pipe:

     Since that ye han had my virginitie,

   • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence:

     And his alluring Baits suspected han.

   • 1976, “Howfen Wakes” (track 1), in Howfen Wakes‎, performed by The Houghton Weavers:

     Ee lads 'an ya fowt? Nay, we'n not fowt yet.

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

han (cultural)

Wikipedia

From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC honH).

Noun

han (uncountable)

1. Sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.

Alternative forms

• haan

Translations

sorrowful resentment as a part of the Korean cultural identity

Japanese: 恨 (ja) (han) Korean: 한(恨) (ko) (han)

Anagrams

• NAH, Nah., anh., nah, ahn, HNA

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑn]

Noun

han m (plural hane, definite hani, definite plural hanet)

1. khan
2. (archaic) roadside shelter for travellers and their animals: roadside hostelry, caravanserai, inn
3. (derogatory) fleabag hotel
4. messy place with no control of who comes and who leaves, regular flophouse

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /han/ [hãn]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /an/ [ãn]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: han

Adverb

han (not comparable)

1. there (away from the speaker and the listener)

See also

• hemen, hor

Further reading

• “han”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “han”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈan]
• Rhymes: -an

Verb

han

1. third-person plural present indicative of haver

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• hann (most dialects)

Etymology

From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑn/, [ɦɑn]

Verb

han (irregular, third-person singular present hat, past tense hauw, past participle jehad, past subjunctive häu)

1. (Ripuarian and Kölsch, auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tense)
2. (same dialects, transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
3. (same dialects, transitive) to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)

   Uur hat doa Floep va.

   You are afraid of that.

   (literally, “You have fear of that.”)

4. (same dialects, transitive) to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
5. (same dialects, transitive) to get (to receive)
6. (same dialects, transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
7. (same dialects, transitive, of units of measure) to contain, be composed of, equal

   Ing Menuut hat 60 Sekonde.

   There are 60 seconds in one minute.

   (literally, “One minute has 60 seconds.”)

8. (same dialects, impersonal, with het or 't) there be, there is, there are
9. (same dialects, with 't and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into

   Iech han't nit zoeë mit Höng.

   I'm not a great fan of dogs.

   (literally, “I don't have it that much with dogs.”)

10. (same dialects, with 't and uvver) to talk about

    Vier hauwe't juus uvver dienge Vrunk.

    We were just talking about your friend.

    (literally, “We just had it about your friend.”)

Conjugation

    conjugation of han in Kirchröadsj

infinitive		han
present participle		—
past participle		jehad
gerund		—
auxiliary		han
		singular			plural
		1st person iech	2nd person doe	3rd person heë/zie/het	1st person vier/vuur	2nd person ier/uur	3rd person zie
indicative	present simple	han	has	hat	hant	hat hauwt	hant
	preterite	hauw	hauwts	hauw	hauwe	häut hait	hauwe
	present perfect	han jehad	has jehad	hat jehad	hant jehad	hat jehad hauwt jehad	hant jehad
	past perfect	hauw jehad	hauwts jehad	hauw jehad	hauwe jehad	häut jehad hait jehad	hauwe jehad
	future simple	weëd han	weëds han	weëd han	weëde han	weëd han	weëde han
	future perfect	weëd jehad han	weëds jehad han	weëd jehad han	weëde jehad han	weëd jehad han	weëde jehad han
conditional	simple	häu hai	häuts haits	häu hai	häue haie	—	häue haie
	present	jeuf han	jeufs han	jeuf han	jeuve han	jeuft han	jeuve han
	perfect	häu jehad hai jehad	häuts jehad haits jehad	häu jehad hai jehad	häue jehad haie jehad	—	häue jehad haie jehad
imperative	affirmative	–	han	—	—	hat	—

Derived terms

• aahan
• durchhan
• Han
• ihan
• leefhan
• oeshan
• umhan
• uvverhan
• voethan
• vuurhan
• óphan

Descendants

• Hunsrik: hon
• Kölsch: han
• Luxembourgish: hunn

Further reading

• “han” in d'r nuie Kirchröadsjer Dieksiejoneer 2nd ed., 2017.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦan]

Noun

han f

1. genitive plural of hana

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hann (dative hánum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han/, [hæn]

Pronoun

han (genitive hans, accusative ham)

1. he

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

References

• “han,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Noun

han c (singular definite hannen, plural indefinite hanner)

1. male, he

Declension

Declension of han

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	han	hannen	hanner	hannerne
genitive	hans	hannens	hanners	hannernes

References

• “han,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an/

Verb

han

1. third-person plural present indicative of haber

German

Verb

han

1. (archaic or dialectal) alternative form of haben
   • 1812, Brothers Grimm, “Kinder- und Haus-Märchen”, in Der gescheidte Hans, page 138:

     Hansens Mutter spricht: „wohin Hans?“ Hans antwortet: „zur Grethel.“ – „Machs gut Hans“ – „Schon gut machen, Adies, Mutter“ – Hans kommt zur Grethel: „guten Tag Grethel.“ – „Guten Hans: was bringst du Gutes?“ – „Bring nichts, gegeben han.“

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Gullah

Etymology

From English hand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæn/

Noun

han

1. hand

References

• De Nyew Testament‎, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2025

Gun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣã̀/

Noun

hàn

1. song

   Synonym: òhàn

Derived terms

• jì hàn (“to sing song”)

Gwich'in

Etymology

Cognate with Tlingit héen (“water, river”).

Noun

han

1. river