haan

See also: Haan, hån, and hään

English

Noun

haan (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of han (“sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity”).

Afar

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːn/ [ˈhaːn]
• Hyphenation: haan

Noun

háan m

1. solitude

Declension

Declension of háan
absolutive	háan
predicative	háana
subjective	háan
genitive	háan
Postpositioned forms l-case háanal k-case háanak t-case háanat h-case háanah

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːn/ [ˈhaːn]
• Hyphenation: haan

Verb

háan

1. second-person plural perfective indicative of heé

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 61

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch haan, from Middle Dutch hane, from Old Dutch *hano, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑːn/

• Audio:

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Noun

haan (plural hane, diminutive haantjie)

1. A cock, rooster.

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Etymology

From Akan hann.

Noun

haan (plural haan dem, quantified haan)

1. An emission of light.

References

• Antiguan and Barbudan Creole Dictionary (2025), Antiguan and Barbudan Language Academy

Cimbrian

Noun

haan

1. plural of haano
2. dative singular of haano

Dutch

Gallus gallus (male) in Nederlandsche vogelen, 1770-1829

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hane, from Old Dutch *hano. Compare German Hahn, Danish hane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦaːn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: haan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

haan m (plural hanen, diminutive haantje n)

1. a cock, a rooster (male chicken)
2. the male of various other species of gallinaceous birds
3. an object resembling or depicting a cock
4. the lock or hammer of an older type of firearm
5. (typically in the diminutive) a macho; a man who flaunts his masculinity

   Synonym: mannetje

Usage notes

• This word is commonly used to form compounds referring to certain non-avian animal species, particularly beetles (leliehaantje, goudhaantje, etc.). In its uncompounded form, however, the word never refers to such animals.

Derived terms

• auerhaan
• broodhaan
• elzenhaantje
• geen haan die ernaar kraait
• goudhaan
• haantje de voorste
• haantjesgedrag
• hanenbalk
• hanengevecht
• hanenkam
• hanenkamp
• kemphaan
• knorhaan
• korhaan
• leliehaantje
• sneeuwhaan
• sprinkhaan
• vechthaan
• weerhaan
• windhaan

Related terms

• hoen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: haan
• Berbice Creole Dutch: han
• Jersey Dutch: hân
• Negerhollands: haan
• Petjo: chaan

Further reading

• haan on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Noun

haan

1. genitive singular of haka

Anagrams

• hana

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• ha'n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈʔan/ [hɐˈʔan]

Adverb

haán

1. dialectal form of saan

Middle English

Verb

haan

1. alternative form of haven