hund

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A dog (a Labrador)
See also Hund

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (dog).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hun/, [hunˀ]

[edit] Noun

hund c. (singular definite hunden, plural indefinite hunde)

  1. dog

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse hundr.

[edit] Noun

hund m. (definite singular hunden; indefinite plural hunder; definite plural hundene)

  1. dog; hound

[edit] Old English

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑u̯n̥tós, derived from Proto-Indo-European *k̑u̯ōn (dog).

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian hund, Old Saxon hund (Dutch hond), Old High German hunt (German Hund), Old Norse hundr (Swedish hund), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds).

Indo-European cognates: Vedic Sanskrit श्वा, Greek κύων, Latvian suns, Old Armenian շուն (šun), Old Irish (Welsh ci), Latin canis (Spanish can, Portuguese cão, Spanish & Portuguese: canino, French chien).

[edit] Noun

hund m.

  1. dog
[edit] Declension
Singular Plural
nominative hund hundas
accusative hund hundas
genitive hundes hunda
dative hunde hundum
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hundam, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Near cognates include Old High German hund and Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳.

[edit] Noun

hund n.

  1. hundred
[edit] Declension
Singular Plural
nominative hund hund
accusative hund hund
genitive hundes hunda
dative hunde hundum

[edit] Old Frisian

[edit] Noun

hund m.

  1. dog

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

From Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kwntós, a variant of *ḱwṓ (dog). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds), English hound.

[edit] Noun

hund c.

Inflection for hund Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form hund hunden hundar hundarna
Possessive form hunds hundens hundars hundarnas
  1. dog; hound

[edit] Derived terms