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hond

See also: Hond, hönd, hǫnd, and Hond.

Afrikaans

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'n hond

Etymology

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From Dutch hond.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɦɔnt/
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Noun

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hond (plural honde, diminutive hondjie)

  1. dog

Dutch

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Een hond in het water.
A dog in a body of water.

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ. Cognate to German Hund, English hound.

Noun

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hond m (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

  1. dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
    De hond rent achter de bal aan.
    The dog is running after the ball.
    Zijn hond is zijn beste vriend.
    His dog is his best friend.
    Het hondje speelt in de tuin.
    The little dog is playing in the garden.
  2. (derogatory) A derogatory term for a human; a reprehensible person
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  • Afrikaans: hond
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: hondo
  • Jersey Dutch: hônt
  • Negerhollands: hond, hon, hont, hun
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: hont (dated)

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch *hunt, from Proto-Germanic *hundą. Related to honderd.

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hond n (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

  1. (obsolete) an old unit of area measuring 100 roeden, approximately 0.14 hectares

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

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hond f (genitive singular handar, plural hendur)

  1. hand
  2. arm
    Synonym: armur
  3. handful
  4. handwriting
    Synonym: handskrift
  5. signature
    Synonym: undirskrift
  6. side (right or left)
    Synonyms: síða, lið
  7. (obsolete) little halibut
    Synonym: lógvi

Declension

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Declension of hond
f9 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hond hondin hendur hendurnar
accusative hond hondina hendur hendurnar
dative hond hondini hondum hondunum
genitive handar handarinnar handa handanna

The original dative singular, hendi, also occurs, but rarely.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English hand, hond (“hand”).

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hond (plural hondes or honden or hond)

  1. hand
    • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Psalm 143:1”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
      Blessid be my Lord God, that techith myn hondis to werre and my fyngris to batel.
      Blessed be my Lord God, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to battle.
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Etymology 2

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From Old English hund (“dog”).

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hond

  1. Alternative form of hound

Old English

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hond f

  1. Alternative form of hand

Declension

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Declension of hond (strong u-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hond honda
accusative hond honda
genitive honda honda
dative honda hondum

Old Frisian

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Ēne hond.

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *handu. Cognates include Old English hand and Old Saxon hand.

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hond f

  1. (anatomy) hand

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

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hond f

  1. Alternative form of hand
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