hind

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /haɪnd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnd

Etymology 1

From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), from Proto-Germanic *hinda-, *handan- (“far, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *k(')enta (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱen- (“to set oneself in motion, arise”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra (“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary.

Adjective

hind (comparative hinder, superlative hindmost)

1. Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V

     When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.

Derived terms

• hind leg

Translations

located at the rear

Dutch: achterst (nl) Finnish: taka- (fi)

Russian: задний (ru) Spanish: trasero (es) m.

Etymology 2

Old English hind, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind.

Noun

hind (plural hinds)

1. A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.

Synonyms

• doe

Translations

female deer

Armenian: եղնիկ (hy) (eġnik) Czech: laň (cs) f. Dutch: hinde (nl) f. Finnish: saksanhirvinaaras (fi) French: biche (fr) f. German: Hinde (de) f.

Hungarian: szarvastehén (hu), ünő (hu) Icelandic: hind (is) f. Norwegian: hind (no) m. and f. Russian: самка оленя f. Serbian: кошута  (sr) (košuta) Volapük: (male or female) stäg (vo), (female) jistäg (vo)

Etymology 3

Old English hī(ġ)na, genitive plural of hīġa (“servant, family member”), in the phrase hīna fæder ‘paterfamilias’. The -d is a later addition (compare sound).

Noun

hind (plural hinds)

1. (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.51:

     Attilius Regulus [...] writ unto the common-wealth, that a hyne [transl. valet de labourage] or plough-boy, whom he had left alone to oversee and husband his land (which in all was but seven acres of ground) was run away from his charge [...].

   • 1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 41:

     The peaceful tenour of Nina's life was interrupted one morning by the mysterious looks and whisperings of her maids and hinds.

   • 1931, Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth:

     that my brother can sit at leisure in a seat and learn something and I must work like a hind, who am your son as well as he!

For more examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hend/, [henˀ]

Noun

hind c. (singular definite hinden, plural indefinite hinder or hinde)

1. hind (female deer)

Inflection

    Inflection of hind

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	hind	hinden	hinder hinde	hinderne hindene
genitive	hinds	hindens	hinders hindes	hindernes hindenes

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Estonian

Noun

hind (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. price

Declension

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: [hɪnt]

  Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

hind f. (genitive singular hindar, plural hindir)

1. female deer, hind

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *hindijō, whence also Old High German hinta, Old Norse hind.

Noun

hind f.

1. hind

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Swedish

Noun

hind c.

1. a doe, a hind; the female of deer

   skygg som en hind

   shy as a doe

Declension

Declension of hind

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hind	hinden	hindar	hindarna
genitive	hinds	hindens	hindars	hindarnas