hann
AkanEdit
NounEdit
- light
- Na Onyankopɔn kaa sɛ: ɛnyɛ hann! Na ɛyɛɛ hann. ― And God said, let there be light! And there was light.
Central FranconianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hann (third-person singular present hät or hat, past tense hatt, past participle jehatt or gehatt)
- (most dialects) to have
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ, of uncertain origin.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
hann
DeclensionEdit
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 |
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ, of uncertain origin.
PronunciationEdit
- (stressed) IPA(key): /ˈhanː/
- Rhymes: -anː
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- (unstressed) IPA(key): /an(ː)/
PronounEdit
hann
- (personal pronoun): he
- (personal pronoun): accusative singular form of the word hann (meaning "he") meaning "him".
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
NounEdit
hann m (definite singular hannen, indefinite plural hanner, definite plural hannene)
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “hann” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From han (“he”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hann m (definite singular hannen, indefinite plural hannar, definite plural hannane)
- male
- Hjå mange artar har hannar og hoer ulik storleik.
- The males and females of many species have different sizes.
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “hann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old NorseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- 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
EtymologyEdit
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).
PronounEdit
hann
- he (third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun)
DeclensionEdit
number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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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 |
DescendantsEdit
- Icelandic: hann
- Faroese: hann
- Norwegian Nynorsk: han
- Norwegian Bokmål: han
- Elfdalian: an
- Old Swedish: han
- Swedish: han
- Danish: han (hand)
- Old Gutnish: hann
ReferencesEdit
- “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 FranconianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.
VerbEdit
hann (third-person singular present hadd)
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hann
- past tense of hinna.