different between hann vs john

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German hav?n, northern variant of hab?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han/

Verb

hann (third-person singular present hät or hat, past tense hatt, past participle jehatt or gehatt)

1. (most dialects) to have

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *h?na? (*h?na?), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hann

1. he

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *h?na? (*h?na?), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /?han?/

  Rhymes: -an?

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• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /an(?)/

Pronoun

hann

1. (personal pronoun): he

2. (personal pronoun): accusative singular form of the word hann (meaning "he") meaning "him".

Declension

Derived terms

• eins og hann frekast gat

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hann m (definite singular hannen, indefinite plural hanner, definite plural hannene)

1. (zoology) a male

Antonyms

• hunn

Derived terms

• hannkatt

References

• “hann” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hanne

Etymology

From han (“he”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

hann m (definite singular hannen, indefinite plural hannar, definite plural hannane)

1. male

Antonyms

• ho, hoe

Derived terms

• hannkatt

References

• “hann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *h?na? (*h?na?), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a compound of *he- (*he-) (corresponding to English he) and *?na? (*?na?) (from Proto-Germanic *jainaz, corresponding to Gothic ???????????????????? (jains)) or even directly from *?na? (*?na?) with h- added due to influence from the demonstrative pronoun hinn, or else perhaps directly inherited from Proto-Indo-European and answering to Ancient Greek ?????? (keînos).

Pronoun

hann

1. he (third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun)

Declension

Descendants

References

• hann in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

Rhine Franconian

Alternative forms

• hawwe (Vorderpfälzisch)
• hunn (northern Palatine)

Etymology

From Old High German hav?n, northern variant of hab?n.

Verb

hann (third-person singular present hadd)

1. (western Palatine) to have

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Homophone: han

Verb

hann

1. past tense of hinna.

English

Alternative forms

• John

Etymology

From the male given name John (q.v.), whose ubiquity led to extensive use of the name in generic contexts. Its use for toilets derive from John and Cousin John, which both probably relate to jacques and jakes, used in equivalent senses by the British and Irish.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??n/

Noun

john (plural johns)

1. (slang) A prostitute's client.
   • 2004, Dennis Cooper, The Sluts, page 233

     In the first part of the video, Thad sucks the john's cock and takes a load in his mouth.

   • 2013, McLachlin CJ, Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford (2013 SCC 72), para. 62

     In-calls, where the john comes to the prostitute’s residence, are prohibited.

2. (slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.
3. (slang) A Western man traveling in East Asia.
4. A male mule.

Synonyms

• (prostitute's client): See Thesaurus:prostitute's client
• (device or place for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:chamber pot, Thesaurus:toilet, and Thesaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

• johnny house
• port-o-john

Translations

References

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• giehn, gohn (Moselle Franconian)
• jonn (Kölsch)

Etymology

From Old High German g?n, from Proto-Germanic *g?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??n/

Verb

john (third-person singular present jeht, past tense jeng, past participle jejange)

1. (Ripuarian) to go