# hund
## 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, Norwegian Bokmål hund, Danish hund.

### Noun

hund m
* (Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) dog

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hunˀ]
* Rhymes: -unˀ

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

#### Noun

hund c (singular definite hunden, plural indefinite hunde)
* dog
* hound

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

hund c (singular definite hunden, not used in plural form)
* (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
* Romanization of 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳

## Icelandic
### Noun

hund
* indefinite accusative singular of hundur

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* hun

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hund/, /huːnd/

#### Numeral

hund
* (Early Middle English) 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
* Alternative form of hound

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hʉnː/
* Homophones: hun, hunn
* Rhymes: -ʉn

### Noun

hund m (definite singular hunden, indefinite plural hunder, definite plural hundene)
* dog; hound

#### Derived terms

* førerhund
* hundeeier
* hundeskål
* hundespann

### References

* “hund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* hoinnj (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect)

### Etymology

From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Akin to English hound.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hʊnd/, /hʊnː/, /hʉnd/, /hʉnː/

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* bikkje (especially about female dog)
* rakke (dialectal)

#### Derived terms

* buhund
* førarhund
* hundeeigar
* hundeskål
* hundespann
* mårhund
* ølhund

### References

* “hund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds).
Indo-European cognates include Latin canis, Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Sanskrit श्वन् (śvan), Old Irish cú, Lithuanian šuõ.

#### Noun

hund m
* dog
** The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
    Saga mē, hwylc man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende?Tell me, who was the first man that spake with a dog?
** c. 992, Ælfric, "The Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodosius"
    Þā cwæþ Aureliānus, "Eom iċ hund ġeþūht?Then Aurelianus said, "Do I look like a dog?"

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### Hyponyms

* biċċe (“female dog”)
* hwelp (“puppy”)

##### Derived terms

* hunda hūs (“doghouse”)
* hunden (“of or like a dog”)
* hundlīċ (“of or like a dog”)

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognates include Old High German hunt and Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund), also Latin centum.

#### Noun

hund n
* hundred
** c. 995, Ælfric, Letter to Wulfsige
    Þā ġegaderode hē sinoþ on þǣre ċeastre Nīcea, þrēo hund bisċopa and eahtatīene bisċeopas of eallum lēodsċipum, for þæs ġelēafan trymminge.Then he gathered a synod in the city of Nicaea, three hundred and eighteen bishops from all nations, for the confirmation of the faith.

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### Derived terms

* hundfeald
* -hynde
* hynden

##### Descendants

* Middle English: hund

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hund.

### Noun

hund m
* dog

#### Descendants

* North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: hünj
    Helgoland: Hin
    Mooring: hün
* Saterland Frisian: Húund
* West Frisian: hûn

## Old Norse
### Noun

hund
* accusative singular of hundr

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hund.

### Noun

hund m
* a dog

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: hund
** Low German: Hund
*** German Low German: Hund, Hond, Hunt
    East Frisian: Hund
    Hamburgisch: Hond
*** Westphalian:
    Sauerländisch: Hund
    Westmünsterländisch: Hund
** Plautdietsch: Hunt
** → Estonian: hunt

## Scots
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz.

### Noun

hund (plural hunds)
* dog
* (figurative) a boorish person, selfish and mean

### Further reading

“hund”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

## 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: /hɵnd/

### Noun

hund c
* a dog, a hound
    Synonyms: byracka (“mongrel, disagreeable dog”), hundskrälle (“disagreeable dog”), jycke, voffsing, vovve
    Hon klappade hundenShe petted the dog
    Hunden sprang omkring med ett ben i käften och viftade på svansenThe dog was running around with a bone on its mouth, wagging its tail
    När en hund skäller så låter det "voff / vov"When a dog barks, it sounds like "woof"
    Hundar äter hundmatDogs eat dog food
    Hunden är inne i hundkojanThe dog is inside the dog house
    Hunden hade fått en sticka i tassen och gnyddeThe dog had gotten a splinter in its paw and was whimpering
    Hunden har fin pälsThe dog has a beautiful coat [has nice/pretty fur]
    Hunden är människans bästa vänDogs are man's best friend(literally, “The dog [implies dogs as an animal here] is the human's [implies humans as an animal here] best friend”)
    Är du en hundmänniska eller en kattmänniska?Are you a dog person or a cat person? [människa is literally human, but often used like person]
** 1982, Hasse Andersson (lyrics and music), “Änglahund [Angel dog]”, in Änglahund [Angel dog]‎:Får man ta hunden med sig in i himlen? Han är snäll och han har varit en riktig vän. Han är klok och fin, och skatten är betald. Får man det, du speleman, då blir jag glad.Are you allowed to take your dog with you into heaven? He is kind and he has been a true friend. He is wise and pretty, and the tax is paid. If you may do that, fiddler, I will be happy.

#### Derived terms

* afghanhund
* assistanshund
* bandhund
* blandrashund
* blindhund
* blodhund
* bombhund
* brukshund
* dingohund
* draghund
* drevhund
* dvärghund
* eldhund
* eskimåhund
* familjehund
* faraohund
* fjärilshund
* fyllhund
* fågelhund
* fårhund
* fähund
* grythund
* gråhund
* gårdshund
* hanhund
* 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
* hundsele
* hundsfott
* hundsfottera
* hundsim
* hundsjuka
* hundsk
* hundskall
* hundskatt
* hundskinn
* hundskit
* hundskola
* hundslagsmål
* hundsläde
* hundspann
* Hundstjärnan
* hundtoalett
* hundtunga
* hundutställning
* hundvakt
* hundvalp
* hundviol
* hundväder
* hundår
* hundägare
* hundäxing
* hundöga
* hundöra
* hyenhund
* hynda
* jakthund
* jämthund
* kamphund
* kapplöpningshund
* knarkhund
* knähund
* lapphund
* lathund
* lavinhund
* ledarhund
* ligga en hund begraven
* likhund
* malmhund
* malteserhund
* minhund
* mårdhund
* möbelhund
* mögelhund
* nakenhund
* narkotikahund
* newfoundlandshund
* polishund
* porslinshund
* präriehund
* rapporthund
* rashund
* rondellhund
* rävhund
* samojedhund
* sanktbernhardshund
* skyddshund
* skämmas som en hund
* slita hund
* slädhund
* spetshund
* spårhund
* sällskapshund
* sökarhund
* sökhund
* tryffelhund
* unghund
* vakthund
* vallhund
* varghund
* vildhund
* vinthund
* vårdhund
* älghund

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: hunttu

#### See also

* hynda
* klappa
* päls
* skälla
* svans
* tik
* vacker tass
* voff
* vov

### References

* hund in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* hund in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH
* hund in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Vilamovian
### Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hunt.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

hund m (plural hund)
* dog