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han

See also: Han and Appendix:Variations of "han"

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English han.

VerbEdit

han

  1. (obsolete) plural simple present of have

AnagramsEdit

BasqueEdit

PronounEdit

han

  1. there

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

han

  1. third-person plural present indicative form of haver

DanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hann (dative hánum).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

han c (singular definite hannen, plural indefinite hanner)

  1. male, he

DeclensionEdit

Declension of han
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative han hannen hanner hannerne
genitive hans hannens hanners hannernes

PronounEdit

han (genitive hans, accusative ham)

  1. he

See alsoEdit

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Inflection Nominative Accusative Possessive Reflexive Reflexive possessive
Singular First common jeg mig min
neuter mit
plural mine
Second common du dig din
neuter dit
plural dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine han ham hans sig sin
feminine hun hende hendes
common den den dens
neuter det det dets sit
plural sine
Plural First — vi os vores
common vor
neuter vort
plural vore
Second – I jer jeres
formal De Dem Deres
Third – de dem deres sig

ReferencesEdit

GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

han

  1. third-person plural present indicative of haber

GermanEdit

VerbEdit

han

  1. (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of haben
    • 1812, Brothers Grimm, Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, p.138 - Der gescheidte Hans
      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.“

Gwich'inEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

han

  1. river

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

han

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はん

KhasiEdit

NounEdit

han

  1. duck

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

han

  1. Nonstandard spelling of hān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of hán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of hàn.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Contracted infinitive and plural present of haven.

VerbEdit

han

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of haven - Piers Plowman.

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hampr.

NounEdit

han m (plural hans)

  1. (Jersey) galangal

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hann

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

han

  1. he, him

Usage notesEdit

Traditionally, the word for him in Bokmål is ham. However, as most people use only han in regular conversations, it used to be a somewhat common mistake when writing Bokmål. It is now allowed to use either han and ham as the object form. Additionally, Nynorsk uses almost exclusively han as both subject and object form, though honom is a rarely used correct object form. Ham is not an allowed word in Nynorsk.

See alsoEdit

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Nominative Objective case Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person jeg meg min, mi, mitt, mine
Second person du deg din, di, ditt, dine
Third person m han han/ham hans
Third person f hun henne hennes
Third person n det det dets
Third person, nonhuman m/f den den dens
Plural
First person vi oss vår m
Second person dere dere deres
Third person de dem deres

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hann

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

han

  1. he, him, it (third person singular, masculine)

Usage notesEdit

Han is used to refer not only to masculine persons, but any masculine noun. E.g.: Bilen er fin. Eg likar han. - The car is nice. I like it.

See alsoEdit

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk
Nominative Objective case Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person eg, je1 meg min, mi, mitt, mine
Second person du deg din, di, ditt, dine
Third person m han han, honom2 hans
Third person f ho ho, henne hennar, hennes1
Third person n det, dat3 det, dat3 dess 4
Plural
First person me, vi oss vår m
Second person de, dokker dykk, dokker dykkar, dokkar
Third person dei dei, deim2 deira, deires1
Notes
1No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.
2Traditional forms that are no longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
3Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
4Rare or literary

ReferencesEdit

Old DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hann.

PronounEdit

han

  1. he / it (masculine nominative pronoun)

DescendantsEdit

Old SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hann.

PronounEdit

han

  1. he

DeclensionEdit

Old Swedish personal pronouns
first person second person reflexive third person
masculine feminine neuter
singular
nominative iak, iæk þū — han hōn þæt
accusative mik þik sik han hana, hōna þæt
dative mǣr, mik þǣr, þik sǣr, sik hōnum, hānum hænni þȳ, þī
genitive mīn þīn sīn hans hænna(r) þæs
dual
nominative vit it — — — —
accusative oker *iker sik — — —
dative oker *iker sǣr, sik — — —
genitive okar *ikar sīn — — —
plural
nominative vī(r) ī(r) — þē(r) þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
accusative os, ōs iþer sik þā þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
dative os, ōs iþer sǣr, sik þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom
genitive vār iþar sīn þēra þēra þēra

DescendantsEdit

PortugueseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

han (invariable, comparable)

  1. Han Chinese (referring to the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

NounEdit

han m (plural han or hans)

  1. Han Chinese (member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to China)

RohingyaEdit

NounEdit

han

  1. ear

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Turkish han.

NounEdit

han n (plural hanuri)

  1. inn

DeclensionEdit

declension of han
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) han hanul (niște) hanuri hanurile
genitive/dative (unui) han hanului (unor) hanuri hanurilor
vocative hanule hanurilor

ReferencesEdit

Samoan Plantation PidginEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English hand.

NounEdit

han

  1. arm
  2. hand

Usage notesEdit

Only used to refer to a human; for an animal, the equivalent parts are all labelled as lek.

ReferencesEdit

  • Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)
  • Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish خان‎ (han), from Persian خانه‎ (khâne, “house”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

hȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ха̑н)

  1. inn

DeclensionEdit

Declension of han
singular plural
nominative hȃn hánovi
genitive hana hanova
dative hanu hanovima
accusative han hanove
vocative hane hanovi
locative hanu hanovima
instrumental hanom hanovima

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

han

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of haber.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of haber.

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish han, from Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ (*hānaʀ).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

han

  1. he, the third person singular, masculine, nominative case.
    Han är mycket stilig.
    He is very handsome.
  2. (informal, nonstandard or dialectal) him
    jag såg han
    I saw him.
    Synonym: honom (standard)

DeclensionEdit

Swedish personal pronouns
subject object possessive
singular full full common neuter plural
1st person jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
2nd person du dig, dej2 din ditt dina
3rd person masculine han honom, han2 hans
3rd person feminine hon henne hennes
3rd person gender-neutral hen1 hen1, henom1 hens1
3rd person common den den dess
3rd person neuter det det dess
3rd person indefinite man or en6 en ens
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural
1st person vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
2nd person ni er, eder5 er, eran2, eder5 ert, erat2, edert5 era, edra5
3rd person de, dom4 dem, dom4 deras
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Not universally accepted.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling sometimes found in colloquial texts.
4Informal pronunciation spelling found very often in informal writings.
5Dated
6Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.

TetumEdit

VerbEdit

han

  1. to eat

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English hand.

NounEdit

han

  1. hand
  2. arm
  3. foreleg (of an animal)
  4. wing (of a bird)
  5. branch (of a tree)
  6. branch (figurative)

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)
  • Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

han (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

  1. khan
  2. inn (for caravans)
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