Hund

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See also: hund and hund-

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt. Cognate with German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound, Icelandic hundur.

Noun

Hund m

  1. (Uri) dog

References

German

Ein Hund.

Etymology

    From Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Hund m (strong, genitive Hundes or Hunds, plural Hunde or (regionally) Hünde, diminutive Hündchen n or Hündlein n or Hundchen n, masculine (for the animal) Rüde, feminine (for the animal) Hündin or Petze or Zaupe or Zibbe)

    1. dog, hound
      • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 138:
        Ein Hund bellt, wenn er mit den Sinnen etwas wahrgenommen hat; daraufhin, weil ihn sein Bellen erschreckt und aufregt, und des weiteren, weil sich das wahrgenommene Objekt um ihn kümmert, nicht um ihn kümmert oder davonläuft.
        A dog barks when he has perceived something with the senses; thereupon, because his barking scares and upsets him, and furthermore, because the perceived object looks after him, does not look after him, or runs away.
      • 1995, Hans Räber, Enzyklopädie der Rassehunde. Band 2, Kosmos, pp. 426 and 805:
        Die Schnauze ist namentlich bei dem Hunde (Rüde) oft stark schwarz verbrämt; die alten Hunde haben starke Hautfalten am Kopfe.
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        Wehe dann dem Hunde, der ihn tollkühn angreift[.]
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      • 2012, Hans Günter Wolff, revised by Barbara Rakow, Unsere Hunde . gesund durch Homöopathie: Heilfibel eines Tierarztes. 15., aktualisierte Auflage, Sonntag (part of the Thieme Verlagsgruppe):
        Boxer und Spitze sind dieser Krankheit vornehmlich ausgesetzt, die, im höheren Alter vielfach mit einer Bronchitis gepaart, dem Hunde und seiner Umgebung das Leben schwer machen. (section: 2.2.2 Kehlkopfkatarrh)
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        Für ca. 3 Wochen werden dem Hunde 3-mal täglich je 1 Tablette von jedem einzelnen Mittel gegeben: [...] (section: 4.1.1 Mundgeruch)
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      • 2014 (the text of this edition follows a book from 1975), Arthur und Albert Schott, Rumänische Volkserzählungen aus dem Banat, edited by Karl-Maria Guth, Hofenberg, p.69:
        Der Schäfer glaubte zwar dem Hunde, doch wollte er sich von der Treulosigkeit der andern überzeugen und wartete, bis die Hunde in der Nacht richtig den Wölfen das verabredete Zeichen gaben.
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    2. (derogatory) scoundrel; dog (mean or morally reprehensible person)
      ein gemeiner Hunda mean dog
    3. A board with casters used to transport heavy objects.

    Usage notes

    Declension

    Synonyms

    (dog):

    Hyponyms

    (dog):

    Derived terms

    Derived from Hund or with -in

    Descendants

    • Esperanto: hundo
      • Ido: hundo

    See also

    (canids) Hund; Kojote, Hund, Fuchs, Schakal, Wolf (Category: de:Canids)

    Further reading

    German Low German

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    Alternative forms

    • Hunt (Noord-Barnimsch, Waldeggsch)

    Etymology

    From Middle Low German hunt and Old Saxon hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz.

    Noun

    Hund m (plural Hunnen or Hunn)

    1. dog
    2. mining car

    Hyponyms

    Derived terms

    See also

    References

    • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

    Hunsrik

    En Hund

    Alternative forms

    • hunt (Wiesemann spelling)

    Etymology

      From Central Franconian Hond, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.[1]

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈhunt/
      • Rhymes: -unt
      • Syllabification: Hund

      Noun

      Hund m (plural Hunn, diminutive Hundche)

      1. dog
        Coordinate term: Meppi
        Unser Hund is krank.
        Our dog is sick.
        Loss de Hund nausgehn.
        Let the dog go out.
        De Hund hod das Haus foll Spore geloss.
        The dog left the house full of footprints.
      2. (strictly) male dog
        Coordinate term: Zipp

      References

      1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Hund”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 79, column 2

      Pennsylvania German

      Etymology

      From Middle High German and Old High German hunt. Compare German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound.

      Noun

      Hund m (plural Hund, diminutive Hundli)

      1. dog