Hand

See also: hand, HAND, händ, hånd, hand., and hånd-

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Hand

1. A surname

Derived terms

• Hand County

Anagrams

• Dahn, Danh, NADH, dahn, hDNA

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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

• IPA^(key): /hant/

Noun

Hand f (plural Hänn or Häng, diminutive Händche)

1. (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.

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German

Picture dictionary

Hand

Handfläche

Handgelenk

Daumen

Zeigefinger

Mittelfinger

Ringfinger

kleiner Finger

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Arm

Arm

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/
• IPA^(key): /hɑnd̥/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Hand f (genitive Hand, plural Hände, diminutive Händchen n or Händlein n)

1. 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.

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

• Handen
• zuhanden

Further reading

• “Hand” in Duden online

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Low German

Picture dictionary

Hand

Palm

Wrist

Dumen

Wiesfinger

Middelfinger

Ringfinger

Pink

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Arm

Arm

Etymology

From Old Saxon hand, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Compare Dutch hand, English hand, West Frisian hân, Danish hånd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Hand m (plural Hänn' or Hänn)

1. hand

Derived terms

• Handball
• handballen
• Handbewegen
• Handbook n
• handbreet
• handfast
• Handgreep
• handgrieplich
• Handhaav
• Handkääs
• handlich
• Handpupp
• Handreken
• Handschrift
• Handslag
• Handstand
• Handtuch
• Handwark
• Handy n
• hannen
• Hansch m
• mit leddige Hännen
• rechte Hand

 

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German *hand, northern variant of hant, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hant/, [hɑnt]

  Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

Hand f (plural Hänn, diminutive Händchen)

1. hand

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Hand, Dutch hand, English hand.

Noun

Hand f (plural Hend)

1. hand
2. handwriting