Hun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hun"

English

Etymology

From Old English Hūne, Hūnas, from Late Latin Hunnus, from Ancient Greek Ούννοι (Oúnnoi), borrowed through Middle Iranian, apparently ultimately from Turkic *Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Hsiungnu).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hʌn/
Rhymes: -ʌn

Noun

Hun (plural Huns)

A member of a nomadic tribe, the Huns, most likely of Turkic origin, which invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.
(figuratively) a vandal, a barbarian, an uncivilized destructive person
(slang, derogatory, Britain, Australia) A German (popular in the media since World War I)
(slang, derogatory, Britain, Ireland) A Protestant.

Synonyms

(derogatory term for a German): Fritz, Jerry, Kraut
(derogatory term for a Protestant): Prod, Proddy, orangie, Orangeman

Related terms

Hunnic

Translations

member of nomadic tribe

Armenian: հոն (hy) (hon)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 匈奴人 (xiōngnúrén), 匈奴 (zh) (xiōngnú)
Dutch: Hun (nl)
Faroese: húni m
Finnish: hunni (fi)
French: Hun (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Hunne (de) m, Hunnin f
Greek: Ούννος (el) m (Oúnnos)
Hungarian: hun (hu)
Italian: unno

Japanese: フン族 (fun-zoku)
Kazakh: ғұн (ğun)
Mongolian: хүннү (hünnü)
Norwegian: hun (no) m
Bokmål: huner m

Nynorsk: hunar m
Polish: Hun (pl) m
Portuguese: huno m
Russian: гунн (ru) m (gunn)
Spanish: huno (es)
Turkish: Hun (tr)

derogatory: German — see Fritz

German — see German

See also

Hun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

↑ Douglas Harper, "Hun", Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

nuh, unh

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

Hun m (plural Hunnen, diminutive Hunnetje n)

A Hun, member of the nomadic tribe
(figuratively) A barbarian, brute

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