# hond
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch hond.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɔnt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

hond (plural honde, diminutive hondjie)
* dog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɔnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: hond
* Rhymes: -ɔnt

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ. Cognate to German Hund, English hound.

#### Noun

hond m (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)
* dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
    De hond rent achter de bal aan.The dog is running after the ball.
    Zijn hond is zijn beste vriend.His dog is his best friend.
    Het hondje speelt in de tuin.The little dog is playing in the garden.
* (derogatory) A derogatory term for a human; a reprehensible person

##### Derived terms

* berghond
* blindengeleidehond
* bloedhond
* boerderijhond
* christenhond
* drugshond
* epilepsiehond
* geleidehond
* hasjhond
* hellehond
* herdershond
* heroïnehond
* hondachtig
* hondenasiel
* hondenbaan
* hondenbelasting
* hondenbrok
* hondenfokker
* hondenhok
* hondenkar
* hondenkot
* hondenleven
* hondenlul
* hondenmand
* hondenpenning
* hondenpoep
* hondenras
* hondenrennen
* hondentrainer
* hondentraining
* hondentrimmer
* hondenweer
* hondsbrutaal
* hondsdol
* hondsdolheid
* hondshaai
* hondspeterselie
* hondstrouw
* hulphond
* jachthond
* jonge hond
* keeshond
* lassiehond
* lawinehond
* melkboerenhond
* mopshond
* politiehond
* poolhond
* prairiehond
* rashond
* scheepshond
* schoothond
* sint-bernardshond
* sledehond
* speurhond
* straathond
* therapiehond
* trekhond
* tyfushond
* vechthond
* vleerhond
* vliegende hond
* waakhond
* windhond
* wolfshond
* zeehond
* zwerfhond

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: hond
* Berbice Creole Dutch: hondo
* Jersey Dutch: hônt
* Negerhollands: hond, hon, hont, hun
** → Virgin Islands Creole: hont (dated)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch *hunt, from Proto-Germanic *hundą. Related to honderd.

#### Noun

hond n (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)
* (obsolete) an old unit of area measuring 100 roeden, approximately 0.14 hectares

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔnt/
    Rhymes: -ɔnt

### Noun

hond f (genitive singular handar, plural hendur)
* hand
* arm
    Synonym: armur
* handful
* handwriting
    Synonym: handskrift
* signature
    Synonym: undirskrift
* side (right or left)
    Synonyms: síða, lið
* (obsolete) little halibut
    Synonym: lógvi

#### Declension

The original dative singular, hendi, also occurs, but rarely.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English hand, hond (“hand”).

#### Alternative forms

* hand, hande, haunde, honde, hoond

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hand/, /haːnd/, /hɔnd/, /hɔːnd/

#### Noun

hond (plural hondes or honden or hond)
* hand
** a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Psalm 143:1”, in Wycliffe's Bible:Blessid be my Lord God, that techith myn hondis to werre and my fyngris to batel.Blessed be my Lord God, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to battle.

##### Related terms

* hondbrede
* hondwerk
* hondywerk

##### Descendants

* English: hand
* Scots: hand, haund
* Yola: hoane, hoan, hone

##### References

* “hō̆nd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old English hund (“dog”).

#### Noun

hond
* Alternative form of hound

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xond/, [hond]

### Noun

hond f
* Alternative form of hand

#### Declension

Strong u-stem:

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* hand

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *handu. Cognates include Old English hand and Old Saxon hand.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhond/

### Noun

hond f
* (anatomy) hand

#### Descendants

* North Frisian:
** Föhr-Amrum: hun
** Hallig: höön
** Heligoland: Hun
** Mooring: hönj
** North Goesharde: houn
* Saterland Frisian: Hounde
* West Frisian: hân

#### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

## Old Saxon
### Noun

hond f
* Alternative form of hand