Hun

See also hun, and Appendix:Variations of "hun"

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Hunnus, apparently ultimately from Turkic Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as (Hsiungnu)).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌn

Noun

Hun (plural Huns)

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

Related terms

• Hunnic

Synonyms

• (derogatory term for a German): Fritz , Jerry, Kraut

Translations

member of nomadic tribe

• Armenian: հոն (hy) (hon) 
• Dutch: Hun (nl)
• Finnish: hunni (fi)
• French: Hun (fr) m
• German: Hunne (de) m
• Greek: Ούννος (el) (Oúnnos) m 

• Hungarian: hun (hu)
• Italian: unno (it)
• Norwegian: hun (no) m

  Bokmål: huner (nb) m

  Nynorsk: hunar (nn) m

• Portuguese: huno (pt) m
• Russian: гунн (ru) (gunn)
• Spanish: huno (es)
• Turkish: Hun (tr)

derogatory term for a German

• Dutch: mof (nl) m
• Finnish: sakemanni (fi)

• French: Boche (fr) m

See also

• Hun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nuh

---

Dutch

Noun

Hun m (plural Hunnen, diminutive Hunnetje)

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