hund
Alemannic German
Noun
hund
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.
Danish

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hun/, [hunˀ]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Noun
hund c (singular definite hunden, plural indefinite hunde)
Inflection
Etymology 2
A shortening of hundredkroneseddel (“a hundred kroner note”).
Noun
hund c (singular definite hunden, not used in plural form)
- (informal) hundred (a hundred kroner bill)
Further reading
hund on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Hund (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
- “hund” in Den Danske Ordbog
Gothic
Romanization
hund
- Romanization of 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳
Icelandic
Noun
hund
- indefinite accusative singular of hundur
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hund (“hundred”), from Proto-Germanic *hundą.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hund/
Numeral
hund
- (Early ME) one hundred
Usage notes
Much like modern English hundred, hund needs a determiner preceding it to function as a number.
References
- “hund (card. num.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.
Etymology 2
From Old English hund (“dog”).
Noun
hund
- Alternative form of hound
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hund m (definite singular hunden, indefinite plural hunder, definite plural hundene)
Derived terms
References
- “hund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Noun
hund m (definite singular hunden, indefinite plural hundar, definite plural hundane)
Derived terms
References
- “hund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hund/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, derived from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Germanic cognates: Old Frisian hund, Old Saxon hund (German Low German Hund), Dutch hond, Old High German hunt (German Hund), Old Norse hundr (Icelandic hundur and Swedish hund), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds).
Indo-European cognates: Vedic Sanskrit श्वा (śvā), Greek κύων (kýon), Latvian suns, Old Armenian շուն (šun), Old Irish cú (Welsh ci), Latin canis (Spanish can, Portuguese cão, French chien).
Noun
hund m (nominative plural hundas)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *hundą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Near cognates include Old High German hund and Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund).
Noun
hund n
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: hund
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Noun
hund m
Declension
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hundaz.
Noun
hund m
- a dog
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: hund
Swedish
Etymology
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
audio (file) - IPA(key): /hɵnd/
Noun
hund c
Declension
| Declension of hund | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hund | hunden | hundar | hundarna |
| Genitive | hunds | hundens | hundars | hundarnas |
Synonyms
- vofsing
- vovve
Derived terms
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References
- hund in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Old High German hunt, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, derived from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
hund m (plural hund)