Horn

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Proper noun ==== the Horn Cape Horn, at the southern tip of South America. The Horn of Africa, a peninsula of Africa which juts into the Arabian Sea. 1978, War in the Horn of Africa, report of the United States Fact-Finding Mission to Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, page 4: At the same time, it would be erroneous to exaggerate U.S. interests, to overreact to political developments in the Horn, or to adopt imprudent policies based on emotional reactions to Soviet and Cuban involvement. === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Horn (countable and uncountable, plural Horns) A surname. A former civil parish in Rutland, England, abolished in 2016 on the formation of Exton and Horn parish. An unincorporated community in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. ===== Derived terms ===== Exton and Horn Horn Kolb syndrome === Anagrams === NRHO, Rohn == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦorn] === Proper noun === Horn m anim (female equivalent Hornová) a male surname from German ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Horn”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) == Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as hurne in 1102. Derived from the dative singular form of Old Dutch horn (“protruding bend, corner”). See also Limburgish Häör. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɔrn/ Hyphenation: Horn Rhymes: -ɔrn === Proper noun === Horn n a village and former municipality of Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German horn, from Old High German horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-. Compare Low German Horn, Hoorn, Hurn; Höärn (Altmärkisch); Häörn (Haön) (Münsterländisch), Dutch hoorn, English horn, Danish horn and Swedish horn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɔrn/, [hɔʁn], [hɔɐ̯n], [hɔːn] Rhymes: -ɔʁn Rhymes with: Dorn, Korn, vorn, Zorn === Noun === Horn n (strong, genitive Hornes or Horns, plural Hörner, diminutive Hörnchen n or Hörnlein n) horn (musical instrument) horn (projection, of an animal, altar, etc.) cornet (anatomy) cranial parietal bones ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Hörnle Hörnli ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: горн (gorn) → Romanian: goarnă → Ukrainian: горн (horn) === Noun === Horn n (strong, genitive Hornes or Horns, plural Horne) horn (substance from which animal horns are made) ==== Related terms ==== Hornhaut === Proper noun === Horn m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Horns or (with an article) Horn, feminine genitive Horn, plural Horns) a surname === Proper noun === Horn n (proper noun, genitive Horns or (optionally with an article) Horn) a city in Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Coordinate term: Bad Meinberg (same municipality) a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria a municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany a municipality of Switzerland === Further reading === “Horn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Horn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Horn” in Duden online Horn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Horn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhorn] Rhymes: -orn === Proper noun === Horn a surname ==== Declension ==== === See also === Appendix:Hungarian surnames