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Central Franconian
- honnert (Moselle Franconian; parts of southern Ripuarian)
- hongert (traditional Ripuarian form, now chiefly western dialects)
Etymology
From Middle High German hundert, borrowed or influenced by Old Saxon hunderod (compare Old High German hund), all from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą. The native form is hongert, that with -nd- is influenced by Standard German hundert. (Compare also dausend alongside duusend.)
Pronunciation
Numeral
hondert
- (most dialects of Ripuarian) a hundred
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *hundert, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą.
Numeral
hondert
- hundred
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