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hund
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Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt. Cognate with German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound, Icelandic hundur, Norwegian Bokmål hund, Danish hund.
Noun
hund m
- (Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) dog
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Noun
hund c (singular definite hunden, plural indefinite hunde)
Inflection
Etymology 2
Clipping of hundredkroneseddel (“hundred-kroner note”).
Noun
hund c (singular definite hunden, not used in plural form)
Further reading
hund on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da- Hund (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
- “hund” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Gothic
Romanization
hund
- romanization of 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳
Icelandic
Noun
hund
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hund (“hundred”), from Proto-Germanic *hundą.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Numeral
hund
Usage notes
Much like modern English hundred, hund needs a determiner preceding it to function as a number.
Related terms
References
- “hund, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 June 2018.
Etymology 2
Noun
hund
- alternative form of hound
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hʉnː/
- Homophones: hun, hunn
- Rhymes: -ʉn
Noun
hund m (definite singular hunden, indefinite plural hunder, definite plural hundene)
Derived terms
References
- “hund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Akin to English hound.
Pronunciation
Noun
hund m (definite singular hunden, indefinite plural hundar, definite plural hundane)
- a dog
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “hund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *hund.
Germanic cognates include Old Frisian hund, Old Saxon hund, Old Dutch hunt, Old High German hunt, Old Norse hundr, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds).
Indo-European cognates include Latin canis, Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Sanskrit श्वन् (śvan), Old Irish cú, Lithuanian šuõ.
Noun
hund m
- dog
- The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
- Saga mē, hwylc man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende?
- Tell me, who was the first man that spake with a dog?
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius"
- Þā cwæþ Aureliānus, "Eom iċ hund ġeþūht?
- Then Aurelianus said, "Do I look like a dog?"
- The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- hēahdēorhund (“staghound”)
- hunda hūs (“doghouse”)
- hunden (“of or like a dog”)
- hundlīċ (“of or like a dog”)
Descendants
Etymology 2
| 1,000 | ||||
| ← 90 | ← 99 | 100 | 101 → | 200 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal: hund, hundred, hundtēontiġ Ordinal: hundtēontigoþa Age: hundtēontiġwintre, hundwintre, ānhundwintre Multiplier: hundfeald, hundtēontiġfeald | ||||
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognates include Old High German hunt and Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund), also Latin centum.
Noun
hund n
- hundred
- c. 995, Ælfric, Letter to Wulfsige
- Þā ġegaderode hē sinoþ on þǣre ċeastre Nīcea, þrēo hund bisċopa and eahtatīene bisċeopas of eallum lēodsċipum, for þæs ġelēafan trymminge.
- Then he gathered a synod in the city of Nicaea, three hundred and eighteen bishops from all nations, for the confirmation of the faith.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Letter to Wulfsige
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: hund
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Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hund.
Noun
hund m
Inflection
Descendants
Old Norse
Noun
hund
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hund.
Noun
hund m
- a dog
Declension
Descendants
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Scots
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz.
Noun
hund (plural hunds)
- dog
- (figurative) a boorish person, selfish and mean
Further reading
“hund”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, a variant of *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds), English hound.
Pronunciation
Noun
hund c
- a dog, a hound
- Synonyms: byracka (“mongrel, disagreeable dog”), hundskrälle (“disagreeable dog”), jycke, voffsing, vovve
- Hon klappade hunden
- She petted the dog
- Hundar äter hundmat
- Dogs eat dog food
- Hunden är inne i hundkojan
- The dog is inside the dog house
- Hunden hade fått en sticka i tassen och gnydde
- The dog had gotten a splinter in its paw and was whimpering
- Hunden har fin päls
- The dog has a beautiful coat [has nice/pretty fur]
- Hunden är människans bästa vän
- Dogs are man's best friend
- (literally, “The dog [implies dogs as an animal here] is the human's [implies humans as an animal here] best friend”)
- 1982, Hasse Andersson, “Änglahund [Angel dog]”, in Änglahund [Angel dog]:
- Får man ta hunden med sig in i himlen? Han är snäll och han har varit en riktig vän. Han är klok och fin, och skatten är betald. Får man det, du speleman, då blir jag glad.
- Are you allowed to take your dog with you into heaven? He is kind and he has been a true friend. He is wise and pretty, and the tax is paid. If you may do that, fiddler, I will be happy.
Declension
Derived terms
- afghanhund
- assistanshund
- bandhund
- blandrashund
- blindhund
- blodhund
- bombhund
- brukshund
- dingohund
- draghund
- drevhund
- dvärghund
- eldhund
- eskimåhund
- familjehund
- faraohund
- fjärilshund
- fyllhund
- fågelhund
- fårhund
- fähund
- grythund
- gråhund
- gårdshund
- hanhund
- hundaktig
- hundan
- hundbajs
- hundben
- hundbett
- hundbiten
- hundblick
- hundbuss
- hunddagis
- hunddjur
- hunddressyr
- hundfoder
- hundförare
- hundgalenskap
- hundgård
- hundgöra
- hundhuvud
- hundhår
- hundjobb
- hundkapplöpning
- hundkex
- hundkoja
- hundkoppel
- hundkräk
- hundkyrkogård
- hundkäx
- hundlik
- hundliv
- hundloka
- hundlort
- hundmat
- hundnos
- hundpark
- hundpatrull
- hundpsykolog
- hundrastgård
- hundrova
- hundsele
- hundsfott
- hundsfottera
- hundsim
- hundsjuka
- hundsk
- hundskall
- hundskatt
- hundskinn
- hundskit
- hundskola
- hundslagsmål
- hundsläde
- hundspann
- Hundstjärnan
- hundtoalett
- hundtunga
- hundutställning
- hundvakt
- hundvalp
- hundviol
- hundväder
- hundår
- hundägare
- hundäxing
- hundöga
- hundöra
- hyenhund
- hynda
- jakthund
- jämthund
- kamphund
- kapplöpningshund
- knarkhund
- knähund
- lapphund
- lathund
- lavinhund
- ledarhund
- ligga en hund begraven
- likhund
- malmhund
- malteserhund
- minhund
- mårdhund
- möbelhund
- mögelhund
- nakenhund
- narkotikahund
- newfoundlandshund
- polishund
- porslinshund
- präriehund
- rapporthund
- rashund
- rondellhund
- rävhund
- röda hund
- samojedhund
- sanktbernhardshund
- skyddshund
- skämmas som en hund
- slita hund
- slädhund
- spetshund
- spårhund
- sällskapshund
- sökarhund
- sökhund
- tryffelhund
- unghund
- vakthund
- vallhund
- varghund
- vildhund
- vinthund
- vårdhund
- älghund
Descendants
- → Finnish: hunttu
See also
References
- hund in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- hund in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- Svensk MeSH
- hund in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German hunt.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
hund m (plural hund)
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