hond

See also: Hond, hönd, hǫnd, and Hond.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔnt/

Noun

hond (plural honde, diminutive hondjie)

1. dog

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Dutch

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔnt/

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• Hyphenation: hond
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch hunt, 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

Derived terms

• blindengeleidehond
• bloedhond
• christenhond
• drugshond
• geleidehond
• hasjhond
• hazewindhond
• hellehond
• herdershond
• heroïnehond
• hondachtig
• hondenasiel
• hondenbaan
• hondenbrok
• hondenbrokje
• hondenhok
• hondenkot
• hondenleven
• hondenlul
• hondenpenning
• hondentrimmer
• hondenweer
• hondsbrutaal
• hondsdol
• hondsdolheid
• hulphond
• jachthond
• keeshond
• lassiehond
• lawinehond
• mopshond
• politiehond
• poolhond
• prairiehond
• rashond
• schoothond
• sint-bernardshond
• sledehond
• speurhond
• straathond
• tyfushond
• vechthond
• vleerhond
• waakhond
• windhond
• wolfshond
• zeehond
• zwerfhond

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hond

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

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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

Declension of hond
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.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hand, hond (“hand”), from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

Alternative forms

• honde, hand, hande, hoond, haunde

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

• hondwerk
• hondywerk

 

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

From Old English hund (“dog”).

Noun

hond

1. Alternative form of hound

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xond/, [hond]

Noun

hond f

1. Alternative form of hand

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Old Frisian

Noun

hond f

1. Alternative form of hand

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Old Saxon

Noun

hond f

1. Alternative form of hand