hond
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Dutch edit
A dog in a body of water.
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
hond m (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)
- 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.
- (derogatory) A derogatory term for a human; a reprehensible person.
Derived terms edit
- berghond
- blindengeleidehond
- bloedhond
- boerderijhond
- christenhond
- drugshond
- epilepsiehond
- geleidehond
- hasjhond
- hellehond
- herdershond
- heroïnehond
- hondachtig
- hondenasiel
- hondenbaan
- hondenbelasting
- hondenbrok
- hondenfokker
- hondenhok
- hondenkar
- hondenkot
- hondenleven
- hondenlul
- hondenmand
- hondenpenning
- hondenpoep
- hondenras
- hondenrennen
- hondentrainer
- hondentraining
- hondentrimmer
- hondenweer
- hondsbrutaal
- hondsdol
- hondsdolheid
- hondspeterselie
- hondstrouw
- hulphond
- jachthond
- keeshond
- lassiehond
- lawinehond
- melkboerenhond
- mopshond
- politiehond
- poolhond
- prairiehond
- rashond
- scheepshond
- schoothond
- sint-bernardshond
- sledehond
- speurhond
- straathond
- therapiehond
- trekhond
- tyfushond
- vechthond
- vleerhond
- vliegende hond
- waakhond
- windhond
- wolfshond
- zeehond
- zwerfhond
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: hond
- Berbice Creole Dutch: hondo
- Jersey Dutch: hônt
- Negerhollands: hond, hon, hont, hun
- → Virgin Islands Creole: hont (dated)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundą. Related to honderd.
Noun edit
hond n (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hond f (genitive singular handar, plural hendur)
- hand
- arm
- Synonym: armur
- handful
- handwriting
- Synonym: handskrift
- signature
- Synonym: undirskrift
- side (right or left)
- (obsolete) little halibut
- Synonym: lógvi
Declension edit
| 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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English hand, hond (“hand”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hond (plural hondes or honden or hond)
- 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.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hō̆nd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English hund (“dog”).
Noun edit
hond
- Alternative form of hound
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hond f
- Alternative form of hand
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *handu. Cognates include Old English hand and Old Saxon hand.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hond f
Descendants edit
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Saxon edit
Noun edit
hond f
- Alternative form of hand