Hand
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Etymology
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Proper noun
Hand
- A surname
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Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Hank (chiefly western Ripuarian)
Etymology
From Old High German *hand, northern variant of hant. The regular form in Moselle Franconian and some southern dialects of Ripuarian is Hand with a plural Hänn (< *hende) through the development: intervocalic -nd- → -nn-. The regular form in most of Ripuarian is Hank with a plural Häng (< *henge) through velarization and subsequently a corresponding development: intervocalic -ŋg- → -ŋŋ-.
These regular systems are preserved in Moselle Franconian and western Ripuarian. In many eastern and central Ripuarian dialects, the native velarization has to a large degree been reverted under the influence of standard German and surrounding varieties. This reversion, which has emanated from Cologne, is irregular, affecting -nk more than it does -ng-, and hence it has led to occasional variation between velarized and de-velarized forms within the inflectional paradigm of one word (compare Wand, Zand, schänge).
Pronunciation
Noun
Hand f (plural Hänn or Häng, diminutive Händche)
- (many dialects) hand
Usage notes
- The plural Hänn is used in Moselle Franconian and some southern dialects of Ripuarian. The form Häng is used in many Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch.
German
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Etymology
From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German hant, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch and English hand, West Frisian hân, Danish hånd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hant/, /hɑnt/
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Noun
Hand f (genitive Hand, plural Hände, diminutive Händchen n or Händlein n)
- hand
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 103:
- Rette mich, murmelte er vor sich hin, unwillkürlich mit gefalteten Händen, als wäre es ein Gebet an sie.
- Save me, he mumbled to himself, involuntarily with folded hands, as if it was a prayer to her.
- Rette mich, murmelte er vor sich hin, unwillkürlich mit gefalteten Händen, als wäre es ein Gebet an sie.
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 103:
Declension
Derived terms
- abhanden kommen
- alle Hände voll zu tun haben (“to have one's hands full”)
- aushändigen
- behende
- Hand in Hand (“hand in hand”)
- Handballen
- Handball m (“handball”)
- Handbewegung
- Handbreit
- Handbremse f (“handbrake”)
- Handbuch n (“handbook, manual”)
- Händchenhalten
- Händedruck m (“handshake”)
- händeringend
- handfest
- Handfläche f, Handteller m (“palm (of hand)”)
- handgeführt
- Handgelenk n (“wrist”)
- Handgemenge n (“brawl, scuffle, melee”)
- Handgranate f (“hand grenade”)
- handgreiflich
- Handgriff
- Handhabe
- Handkäse
- Handlanger m (“handyman; henchman”)
- handlich
- Handpuppe f (“hand puppet”)
- Handreichung
- Handrücken
- handsam
- Handschelle
- Handschlag m (“handshake”)
- Handschrift f (“handwriting; manuscript”)
- Handschuh m (“glove; mitten; gauntlet; mitt”)
- Handstand m (“handstand”)
- Handtasche f (“handbag, purse”)
- Handteller m (“palm (of the hand)”)
- Handtuch n (“towel”)
- handverlesen
- handwarm
- Handwerk n (“labour, especially of a manual type; trade; something made by hand, handcraft”)
- Handwurzel
- handzahm (“handtame”, adjective)
- mit leeren Händen (“empty-handed”)
- rechte Hand f (“right hand; right-hand man, right-hand woman”)
- vorhanden (“available, existing”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “Hand” in Duden online
Low German
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Etymology
From Old Saxon hand, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Compare Dutch hand, English hand, West Frisian hân, Danish hånd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).
Pronunciation
Noun
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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German *hand, northern variant of hant, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hand f (plural Hänn, diminutive Händchen)
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German Hand, Dutch hand, English hand.
Noun
Hand f (plural Hend)
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