hann

See also: Hann and hɑnn

Akan

Noun

1. light

   • Na Onyankopɔn kaa sɛ: ɛnyɛ hann! Na ɛyɛɛ hann. ― And God said, let there be light! And there was light.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• han (Limburgan-Ripuarian Transitional Dialects)

Etymology

From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han/

Verb

hann (third-person singular present hät or hat, past tense hatt, past participle jehatt or gehatt)

1. (most dialects) to have

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ, of uncertain origin.

Pronoun

hann

1. he

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg, jeg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg, mjeg	teg, tjeg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara, hans†	hennara, hennar†	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /ˈhanː/

  Rhymes: -anː

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• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /an(ː)/

Pronoun

hann

1. (personal pronoun): he

   Hann er gamall.

   He is old.

   Hann drap hann.

   He killed him.

2. (personal pronoun): accusative singular form of the word hann (meaning "he") meaning "him".

   Hann drap hann.

   He killed him.

   Hættu þessu! Ég elska hann!

   Stop it! I love him!

Declension

  Icelandic personal pronouns

Icelandic personal pronouns
singular	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	ég, eg†, ek†	þú	hann	hún, hon†, hón†	það, þat†
accusative	mig, mik†	þig, þik†	hann	hana	það, þat†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess
plural	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

Derived terms

• eins og hann frekast gat

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hann m (definite singular hannen, indefinite plural hanner, definite plural hannene)

1. (zoology) a male

Antonyms

• hunn

Derived terms

• hannkatt

References

• “hann” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hanne

Etymology

From han (“he”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han/

Noun

hann m (definite singular hannen, indefinite plural hannar, definite plural hannane)

1. male

   Hjå mange artar har hannar og hoer ulik storleik.

   The males and females of many species have different sizes.

Antonyms

• ho, hoe

Derived terms

• hannkatt

References

• “hann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ᚼᛅᚾ (han), ᛅᚾ (an), ᚼᚬᚾ (hąn), ᚬᚾ (ąn) – Runic, nominative/accusative
• ᛅᚾᚢᛘ (anum), ᚬᚾᚢᛘ (ąnum) – Runic, dative
• ᚼᛅᚾᛋ (hans), ᛅᚾᛋ (ans), ᚼᚬᚾᛋ (hąns), ᚭᚾᛋ (ąns) – Runic, genitive

Etymology

From earlier *hánn, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a compound of *he- (corresponding to English he) and *ānaʀ (from Proto-Germanic *jainaz, corresponding to Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains)) or even directly from *ānaʀ with h- added due to influence from the demonstrative pronoun hinn, or else perhaps directly inherited from Proto-Indo-European and answering to Ancient Greek κεῖνος (keînos).

Pronoun

hann

1. he (third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun)

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns

number	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	ek	þú		hann	hon, hón	þat
accusative	mik	þik	sik	hann, hánn	hana, hána	þat
dative	mér	þér	sér	hánum, hónum	henni	því
genitive	mínn, minn	þínn, þinn	sínn, sinn	hans, háns	hennar	þess
case	dual
nominative	vit	it, þit
accusative	okkr	ykkr	sik
dative	okkr	ykkr	sér
genitive	okkarr	ykkarr	sínn, sinn
case	plural			plural masculine	plural feminine	plural neuter
nominative	vér	ér, þér		þeir	þær	þau
accusative	oss	yðr	sik	þá	þær	þau
dative	oss	yðr	sér	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	várr	yðarr, yðvarr	sínn, sinn	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra

Descendants

• Icelandic: hann
• Faroese: hann
• Norwegian Nynorsk: han
• Norwegian Bokmål: han
• Elfdalian: an
• Old Swedish: han
  • Swedish: han
• Danish: han (hand)
• Old Gutnish: hann

References

• “hann”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Rhine Franconian

Alternative forms

• hawwe (Vorderpfälzisch)
• hunn (northern Palatine)

Etymology

From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.

Verb

hann (third-person singular present hadd)

1. (western Palatine) to have

Swedish

Pronunciation

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• Homophone: han

Verb

hann

1. past tense of hinna.