Hunni

German

Etymology

Hunderter +‎ -i, from hundert (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊni/

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Noun

Hunni m (strong, genitive Hunnis, plural Hunnis)

1. (colloquial) a hundred-currency note

   Coordinate terms: Zwanni, Tausi

   • 2011, Jacques Berndorf, Eifel-Müll‎, Grafit Verlag, →ISBN:

     »Ein Hunni?« »Ein Hunni«, nickte ich. Wir betraten hinter Martin seinen Palast und ich hörte, wie Rodenstock beim Anblick der chaotischen Tigerfellanhäufung den Atem einsog und gleich darauf entsetzt stöhnte. Ich nahm einen Hundertmarkschein aus meiner Geldbörse und legte sie auf den Tisch.

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Further reading

• “Hunni” in Duden online
• “Hunni” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhun.niː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.ni/,

Proper noun

Hunnī m pl (genitive Hunnōrum); second declension

1. The Huns

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Derived terms

• Hunniscus

References

• “Hunni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hunni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Hunni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old High German

Alternative forms

• Hūni

Etymology

From Latin Hunni, as if from Proto-West Germanic *Hūnī, *Hunnī. Cognate with Old English Hūne, Old Norse húnir.

Proper noun

Hunni m pl

1. Huns

Usage notes

Attested in Hildebrandslied as nominative singular hun and genitive plural huneo, possibly indicating a long-vowel form hūn-, as seen in the Old English and Old Norse equivalents.

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