different between hund vs katz

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• hun, hunn, hònn (Walser)
• Hund

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. (Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) dog

References

• “hund” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hun?]
• Rhymes: -un?

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *?wn?tós, from *?w? (“dog”).

Noun

hund c (singular definite hunden, plural indefinite hunde)

1. dog
2. hound

Inflection

Etymology 2

Clipping of hundredkroneseddel (“hundred-kroner note”).

Noun

hund c (singular definite hunden, not used in plural form)

1. (informal) hundred (a hundred kroner bill)

Further reading

• hund on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Hund (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

References

• “hund” in Den Danske Ordbog

Gothic

Romanization

hund

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Icelandic

Noun

hund

1. indefinite accusative singular of hundur

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hund (“hundred”), from Proto-Germanic *hund?.

Alternative forms

• hun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hund/

Numeral

hund

2. (Early ME) one hundred

Usage notes

Much like modern English hundred, hund needs a determiner preceding it to function as a number.

Related terms

• hunfold

References

• “hund, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.

Etymology 2

Noun

hund

1. Alternative form of hound

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *?wn?tós, from *?w? (“dog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?n/
• Homophones: hun, hunn
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

hund m (definite singular hunden, indefinite plural hunder, definite plural hundene)

1. dog; hound

Derived terms

• førerhund
• hundeeier
• hundeskål
• hundespann

References

• “hund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *?wn?tós, from *?w? (“dog”). Akin to English hound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nd/, /h?n?/, /h?nd/, /h?n?/

Noun

hund m (definite singular hunden, indefinite plural hundar, definite plural hundane)

1. a dog

Derived terms

References

• “hund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xund/, [hund]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hund.

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian hund, Old Saxon hund, Old Dutch hunt, Old High German hunt, Old Norse hundr, Gothic ???????????????????? (hunds).

Indo-European cognates include Latin canis, Ancient Greek ???? (kú?n), Sanskrit ????? (?van), Old Irish cú, Lithuanian šuõ.

Noun

hund m (nominative plural hundas)

1. dog

Declension

Derived terms

• hunden
• hundl??

Descendants

• Middle English: hound, hund, honde
  • English: hound
  • Scots: hoond

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hund?, from Proto-Indo-European *?m?tóm. Cognates include Old High German hunt and Gothic ???????????????? (hund), also Latin centum.

Noun

hund n

1. hundred

Declension

Derived terms

• hundfeald

Descendants

• Middle English: hund

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hund

Noun

hund m

1. dog

Inflection

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: hünj

  Helgoland: Hin

  Mooring: hün

• Saterland Frisian: Huund
• West Frisian: hûn

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hund.

Noun

hund m

1. a dog

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: hund
  • Low German:
    • German Low German:

      Hamburgisch: Hond

    • Westphalian:

      Sauerländisch: Hund

      Westmünsterländisch: Hund

  • Plautdietsch: Hunt
    • ? Estonian: hunt

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *?wn?tós, a variant of *?w? (“dog”). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to Gothic ???????????????????? (hunds), English hound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nd/

Noun

hund c

1. a dog; a hound

Declension

Synonyms

• vofsing
• vovve

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Finnish: hunttu

References

• hund in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hunt

Pronunciation

Noun

hund m (plural hund)

1. dog

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German kurz, Dutch kort.

Adjective

katz

1. short