haan

See also: Haan, hån, and hään

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch haan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑːn/

Noun

haan (plural hane, diminutive haantjie)

1. cock, rooster

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦaːn/

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• Hyphenation: haan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

haan m (plural hanen, diminutive haantje n, feminine hen)

1. A cock, a rooster (male chicken).
2. The lock or hammer of an older type of firearm.
3. (vulgar, slang, a semantic loan from English) The penis (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Derived terms

• auerhaan
• broodhaan
• haantje de voorste
• haantjesgedrag
• hanengevecht
• hanenkam
• hanenkamp
• kemphaan
• sneeuwhaan
• vechthaan
• weerhaan
• windhaan

 

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Finnish

Noun

haan

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of haka

Anagrams

• hana

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Middle English

Verb

haan

1. Alternative form of haven