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hund

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See also: Hund and hund-

Alemannic German

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Alternative forms

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Ein Bernhardinerhund - A St. Bernard

Etymology

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From Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt. Cognate with German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound, Icelandic hundur, Norwegian Bokmål hund, Danish hund.

Noun

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hund m

  1. (Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) dog

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Danish

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En hund (Labrador retriever)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

Noun

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hund c (singular definite hunden, plural indefinite hunde)

  1. dog
  2. hound
Inflection
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Declension of hund
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hund hunden hunde hundene
genitive hunds hundens hundes hundenes

Etymology 2

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Clipping of hundredkroneseddel (“hundred-kroner note”).

Noun

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hund c (singular definite hunden, not used in plural form)

  1. (informal) hundred (a hundred kroner bill)

Further reading

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Gothic

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Romanization

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hund

  1. Romanization of 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳

Icelandic

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Noun

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hund

  1. indefinite accusative singular of hundur

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English hund (“hundred”), from Proto-Germanic *hundą.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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hund

  2. (Early Middle English) one hundred
Usage notes
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Much like modern English hundred, hund needs a determiner preceding it to function as a number.

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References
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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hund

  1. Alternative form of hound

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hund m (definite singular hunden, indefinite plural hunder, definite plural hundene)

  1. dog; hound

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Akin to English hound.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hʊnd/, /hʊnː/, /hʉnd/, /hʉnː/

Noun

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hund m (definite singular hunden, indefinite plural hundar, definite plural hundane)

  1. a dog

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *hund.

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian hund, Old Saxon hund, Old Dutch hunt, Old High German hunt, Old Norse hundr, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds).

Indo-European cognates include Latin canis, Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Sanskrit श्वन् (śvan), Old Irish cú, Lithuanian šuõ.

Noun

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hund m

  1. dog
Declension
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Declension of hund (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hund hundas
accusative hund hundas
genitive hundes hunda
dative hunde hundum
Hyponyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Middle English: hound, hund, honde

Etymology 2

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Old English numbers (edit)
1,000
 ←  90  ←  99 100 101  →  200  → 
10
    Cardinal: hund, hundred, hundtēontiġ
    Ordinal: hundtēontigoþa
    Age: hundtēontiġwintre, hundwintre, ānhundwintre
    Multiplier: hundfeald, hundtēontiġfeald

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognates include Old High German hunt and Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund), also Latin centum.

Noun

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hund n

  1. hundred
    • c. 995, Ælfric, Letter to Wulfsige
      Þā ġegaderode hē sinoþ on þǣre ċeastre Nīcea, þrēo hund bisċopa and eahtatīene bisċeopas of eallum lēodsċipum, for þæs ġelēafan trymminge.
      Then he gathered a synod in the city of Nicaea, three hundred and eighteen bishops from all nations, for the confirmation of the faith.
Declension
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Declension of hund (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hund hund
accusative hund hund
genitive hundes hunda
dative hunde hundum
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Middle English: hund

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hund.

Noun

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hund m

  1. dog

Inflection

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Declension of hund (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative hund hundar, hunda
genitive hundes hunda
dative hunde hundum, hundem
accusative hund hundar, hunda

Descendants

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Old Norse

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Noun

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hund

  1. accusative singular of hundr

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hund.

Noun

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hund m

  1. a dog

Declension

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Declension of hund (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative hund hundos
accusative hund hundos
genitive hundes hundō
dative hunde hundum
instrumental — —


Descendants

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  • Middle Low German: hund
    • Low German:
      • German Low German:
        East Frisian: Hund
        Hamburgisch: Hond
      • Westphalian:
        Sauerländisch: Hund
        Westmünsterländisch: Hund
    • Plautdietsch: Hunt
    • → Estonian: hunt

Scots

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz.

Noun

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hund (plural hunds)

  1. dog
  2. (figurative) a boorish person, selfish and mean

Further reading

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“hund”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
en hund (blodhund (“bloodhound”))
en simmande hund [a swimming dog]
ledarhund med hundsele [guide [lead] dog with a dog harness]

Etymology

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From Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, a variant of *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds), English hound.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /hɵnd/

Noun

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hund c

  1. a dog, a hound
    Synonyms: byracka (“mongrel, disagreeable dog”), hundskrälle (“disagreeable dog”), jycke, voffsing, vovve
    Hon klappade hunden
    She petted the dog
    Hunden sprang omkring med ett ben i käften och viftade på svansen
    The dog was running around with a bone on its mouth, wagging its tail
    När en hund skäller så låter det "voff / vov"
    When a dog barks, it sounds like "woof"
    Hundar äter hundmat
    Dogs eat dog food
    Hunden är inne i hundkojan
    The dog is inside the dog house
    Hunden hade fått en sticka i tassen och gnydde
    The dog had gotten a splinter in its paw and was whimpering
    Hunden har fin päls
    The dog has a beautiful coat [has nice/pretty fur]
    Hunden är människans bästa vän
    Dogs are man's best friend
    (literally, “The dog [implies dogs as an animal here] is the human's [implies humans as an animal here] best friend”)
    Är du en hundmänniska eller en kattmänniska?
    Are you a dog person or a cat person? [människa is literally human, but often used like person]
    • 1982, Hasse Andersson (lyrics and music), “Änglahund [Angel dog]”, in Änglahund [Angel dog]‎[1]:
      Får man ta hunden med sig in i himlen? Han är snäll och han har varit en riktig vän. Han är klok och fin, och skatten är betald. Får man det, du speleman, då blir jag glad.
      Are you allowed to take your dog with you into heaven? He is kind and he has been a true friend. He is wise and pretty, and the tax is paid. If you may do that, fiddler, I will be happy.

Declension

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Declension of hund
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hund hunds
definite hunden hundens
plural indefinite hundar hundars
definite hundarna hundarnas

Derived terms

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Vilamovian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German hunt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hund m (plural hund)

  1. dog
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