Hand

Hand

1. A surname​.

• Hand County

• Dahn, Danh, NADH, dahn

• Hank (chiefly western Ripuarian)

From Old High German *hand, northern variant of hant. The regular form in Moselle Franconian and some southern dialects of Ripuarian is Hand with a plural Hänn (< *hende) through the development: intervocalic -nd- → -nn-. The regular form in most of Ripuarian is Hank with a plural Häng (< *henge) through velarization and subsequently a corresponding development: intervocalic -ŋg- → -ŋŋ-.

These regular systems are preserved in Moselle Franconian and western Ripuarian. In many eastern and central Ripuarian dialects, the native velarization has to a large degree been reverted under the influence of standard German and surrounding varieties. This reversion, which has emanated from Cologne, is irregular, affecting -nk more than it does -ng-, and hence it has led to occasional variation between velarized and de-velarized forms within the inflectional paradigm of one word (compare Wand, Zand, schänge).

• IPA^(key): /hant/

Hand f (plural Hänn or Häng, diminutive Händche)

1. (many dialects) hand

• The plural Hänn is used in Moselle Franconian and some southern dialects of Ripuarian. The form Häng is used in many Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch.

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German hant, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Compare Dutch and English hand, West Frisian hân, Danish hånd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).

• IPA^(key): /hant/, /hɑnt/
• IPA^(key): /hɑnd̥/ (Swiss, Austro-Bavarian)

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• Rhymes: -ant

Hand f (genitive Hand, plural Hände, diminutive Händchen n or Händlein n)

1. hand
   • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 103:

     Rette mich, murmelte er vor sich hin, unwillkürlich mit gefalteten Händen, als wäre es ein Gebet an sie.

     Save me, he mumbled to himself, involuntarily with folded hands, as if it was a prayer to her.

• Handen
• zuhanden

• Hand in Duden online

From Old Saxon hand, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Compare Dutch hand, English hand, West Frisian hân, Danish hånd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).

• IPA^(key): /hant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Hand m (plural Hänn' or Hänn)

1. hand

From Old High German *hand, northern variant of hant, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

• IPA^(key): /hant/, [hɑnt]

  Rhymes: -ɑnt

Hand f (plural Hänn, diminutive Händchen)

1. hand

Compare German Hand, Dutch hand, English hand.

Hand f (plural Hend)

1. hand
2. handwriting