Hand

== English == === Etymology === As a Dutch, German, and English surname, from the noun hand, or used to translate surname for hand in other languages. Also as an English surname, possibly from a pet form of Randall or names like Johan and Henry. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ænd === Proper noun === Hand A surname. ==== Derived terms ==== Hand County === Anagrams === Dahn, Danh, H-DNA, NADH, dahn, hDNA == Central Franconian == === Alternative forms === Hank (chiefly western Ripuarian) === Etymology === From Middle High German and 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hant/ === Noun === Hand f (plural Hänn or Häng, diminutive Händche) (many dialects) hand ==== Usage notes ==== 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. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hant, from Old High German hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Compare Dutch hand, English hand, West Frisian hân, Danish hånd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hant/ IPA(key): [hɑnd̥] (Swiss, Austro-Bavarian) Rhymes: -ant === Noun === Hand f (genitive Hand, plural Hände, diminutive Händchen n or Händlein n) hand (by extension) handwriting ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Handen zuhanden === Noun === Hand n or f (strong, genitive Hand, no plural) (soccer, informal) clipping of Handspiel Das war Hand! ― That was a handball! ==== Usage notes ==== Generally used without preceding articles, determiners, or adjectives. When they are used, however, they tend to be neuter rather than feminine. === Further reading === “Hand” in Duden online “Hand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Hand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Hand” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Hand”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German hant and Old High German hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Cognate with German Hand and Luxembourgish Hand. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhant/ Rhymes: -ant Syllabification: Hand === Noun === Hand f (plural Henn, diminutive Hendche) hand (part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist) zwetter Hand ― secondhand ==== Related terms ==== === References === == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German hant, from Old Saxon hand, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Compare Dutch hand, English hand, West Frisian hân, Danish hånd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hant/ Rhymes: -ant === Noun === Hand m (plural Hänn' or Hänn) hand ==== Derived terms ==== == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German and Old High German *hand, northern variant of hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hant/, [hɑnt] Rhymes: -ɑnt === Noun === Hand f (plural Hänn, diminutive Händchen) hand == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German and Old High German hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Compare German Hand, Dutch hand, English hand. === Noun === Hand f (plural Hend) hand handwriting