hane

Etymology

From Old Danish hanæ, from Old Norse hani, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Noun

hane c (singular definite hanen, plural indefinite haner)

1. cock, rooster
2. tap, faucet
3. a cock or hammer of a firearm

See also

• kylling c

Romanization

hane

1. Rōmaji transcription of はね

Noun

hane

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Etymology

From Old Norse hani, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Noun

hane m (definite singular hanen, indefinite plural haner, definite plural hanene)

1. a cock or rooster (male chicken)
2. a cock or hammer of a firearm

References

• “hane” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse hani, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Noun

hane m (definite singular hanen, indefinite plural hanar, definite plural hanane)

1. a cock or rooster (male chicken)
2. a cock or hammer of a firearm

References

• “hane” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

hane c (plural hanes)

1. chicken

Etymology 1

From han (“he”).

Noun

hane c

1. a male (of animals, sometimes also plants, rarely of humans)
2. a plug, a male electric connector

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hani, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Noun

hane c

1. a cock (the male of chicken)

   förrän hanen har galit ... Och i detsamma gol hanen ... Förrän hanen gal

   before the cock crow ... And immediately the cock crew ... Before the cock crow (Matthew 26:34, 74, 75)

   den röde hanen

   fire (the red cock)

2. a cock (on a gun)

   att spänna hanen

   to cock the trigger

Etymology

From Persian خانه‎ (khâne).

Noun

hane (definite accusative haneyi, plural haneler)

1. house

Noun

hane

1. abdomen