hund
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz. Cognate with German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound, Icelandic hundur.
References
- “hund” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hun/, [hunˀ]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Inflection
Etymology 2
A shortening of hundredkroneseddel (“a hundred kroner note”).
Noun
hund c (singular definite hunden, not used in plural form)
- (informal) hundred (a hundred kroner bill)
Further reading
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Gothic
Icelandic
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hund (“hundred”), from Proto-Germanic *hundą.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hund/
Usage notes
Much like modern English hundred, hund needs a determiner preceding it to function as a number.
References
- “hund (card. num.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.
Etymology 2
From Old English hund (“dog”).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Derived terms
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hund/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, derived from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Germanic cognates: Old Frisian hund, Old Saxon hund (German Low German Hund), Dutch hond, Old High German hunt (German Hund), Old Norse hundr (Icelandic hundur and Swedish hund), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds).
Indo-European cognates: Vedic Sanskrit श्वा (śvā), Greek κύων (kýon), Latvian suns, Old Armenian շուն (šun), Old Irish cú (Welsh ci), Latin canis (Spanish can, Portuguese cão, French chien).
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *hundą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Near cognates include Old High German hund and Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund).
Declension
Derived terms
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Inflection
Swedish

Etymology
From Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, a variant of *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds), English hound.
Pronunciation
audio (file) - IPA(key): /hɵnd/
Declension
Declension of hund | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hund | hunden | hundar | hundarna |
Genitive | hunds | hundens | hundars | hundarnas |
Synonyms
- vofsing
- vovve
Derived terms
- fähund
- fårhund
- hundaktig
- hundan
- hundbajs
- hundben
- hundbett
- hundbiten
- hundblick
- hundbuss
- hunddagis
- hunddjur
- hunddressyr
- hundfoder
- hundförare
- hundgalenskap
- hundgård
- hundgöra
- hundhuvud
- hundhår
- hundjobb
- hundkapplöpning
- hundkex
- hundkoja
- hundkoppel
- hundkräk
- hundkyrkogård
- hundkäx
- hundlik
- hundliv
- hundloka
- hundlort
- hundmat
- hundnos
- hundpark
- hundpatrull
- hundpsykolog
- hundrastgård
- hundrova
- hundsfott
- hundsfottera
- hundsim
- hundsjuka
- hundsk
- hundskall
- hundskatt
- hundskinn
- hundskit
- hundskola
- hundslagsmål
- hundsläde
- hundspann
- Hundstjärnan
- hundtoalett
- hundtunga
- hundutställning
- hundvakt
- hundvalp
- hundviol
- hundväder
- hundägare
- hundäxing
- hundår
- hundöga
- hundöra
- hynda
- knähund
- vakthund
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Old High German hunt, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, derived from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)