hond

See also: Hond, hönd, hǫnd, and Hond.

Afrikaans

'n hond

Etymology

From Dutch hond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔnt/

• Audio:

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Noun

hond (plural honde, diminutive hondjie)

1. dog

Dutch

Een hond in het water.
A dog in a body of water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hond
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ. Cognate to German Hund, English hound.

Noun

hond m (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

1. dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

   De hond rent achter de bal aan. ― The dog is running after the ball.

   Zijn hond is zijn beste vriend. ― His dog is his best friend.

   Het hondje speelt in de tuin. ― The little dog is playing in the garden.

2. (derogatory) A derogatory term for a human; a reprehensible person

Derived terms

• berghond
• blindengeleidehond
• bloedhond
• boerderijhond
• christenhond
• drugshond
• epilepsiehond
• geleidehond
• hasjhond
• hellehond
• herdershond
• heroïnehond
• hondachtig
• hondenasiel
• hondenbaan
• hondenbelasting
• hondenbrok
• hondenfokker
• hondenhok
• hondenkar
• hondenkot
• hondenleven
• hondenlul
• hondenmand
• hondenpenning
• hondenpoep
• hondenras
• hondenrennen
• hondentrainer
• hondentraining
• hondentrimmer
• hondenweer
• hondsbrutaal
• hondsdol
• hondsdolheid
• hondshaai
• hondspeterselie
• hondstrouw
• hulphond
• jachthond
• jonge hond
• keeshond
• lassiehond
• lawinehond
• marterhond
• melkboerenhond
• mopshond
• politiehond
• poolhond
• prairiehond
• rashond
• scheepshond
• schoothond
• sint-bernardshond
• sledehond
• speurhond
• straathond
• therapiehond
• trekhond
• tyfushond
• vechthond
• vleerhond
• vliegende hond
• waakhond
• wasbeerhond
• windhond
• wolfshond
• zeehond
• zwerfhond

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hond
• Berbice Creole Dutch: hondo
• Jersey Dutch: hônt
• Negerhollands: hond, hon, hont, hun
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: hont (dated)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch *hunt, from Proto-Germanic *hundą. Related to honderd.

Noun

hond n (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

1. (obsolete) an old unit of area measuring 100 roeden, approximately 0.14 hectares

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔnt/

  Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

hond f (genitive singular handar, plural hendur)

1. hand
2. arm

   Synonym: armur

3. handful
4. handwriting

   Synonym: handskrift

5. signature

   Synonym: undirskrift

6. side (right or left)

   Synonyms: síða, lið

7. (obsolete) little halibut

   Synonym: lógvi

Declension

f9	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hond	hondin	hendur	hendurnar
accusative	hond	hondina	hendur	hendurnar
dative	hond	hondini	hondum	hondunum
genitive	handar	handarinnar	handa	handanna

The original dative singular, hendi, also occurs, but rarely.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hand, hond (“hand”).

Alternative forms

• hand, hande, haunde, honde, hoond

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hand/, /haːnd/, /hɔnd/, /hɔːnd/

Noun

hond (plural hondes or honden or hond)

1. hand
   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Psalm 143:1”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     Blessid be my Lord God, that techith myn hondis to werre and my fyngris to batel.

     Blessed be my Lord God, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to battle.

Related terms

• hondbrede
• hondsom
• hondwerk
• hondywerk

Descendants

• English: hand
• Scots: hand, haund
• Yola: hoane, hoan, hone

References

• “hō̆nd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

hond

1. Alternative form of hound

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔnː/, /honː/, /hɔnd/, /hond/

Noun

hond f (definite singular hondi or honda, indefinite plural hender, definite plural henderna or hendene)

1. (anatomy, høgnorsk) (pre-1938) alternative form of hand

   Taka imot med baade Hondom

   Receive with both hands [welcome with open arms]

   Og Herrens Hond var yver honom

   And the hand of the Lord was over him

Landsmål declension of hond (strong consonant-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hond	hondi	hender1	henderna1
dative	―	(hondenne)	―	hondom
compound-genitive	―	―	―	―

¹Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.

See also

• i hende

References

• “hand”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “hand” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xond/, [hond]

Noun

hond f

1. Alternative form of hand

Declension

Strong u-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hond	honda
accusative	hond	honda
genitive	honda	honda
dative	honda	hondum

Old Frisian

Ēne hond.

Alternative forms

• hand

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *handu. Cognates include Old English hand and Old Saxon hand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhond/

Noun

hond f

1. (anatomy) hand

Descendants

• North Frisian:
  • Föhr-Amrum: hun
  • Hallig: höön
  • Heligoland: Hun
  • Mooring: hönj
  • North Goesharde: houn
• Saterland Frisian: Hounde
• West Frisian: hân

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Saxon

Noun

hond f

1. Alternative form of hand