Hunni

== German == === Etymology === Hunderter +‎ -i, from hundert (“hundred”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhʊni/ === Noun === Hunni m (strong, genitive Hunnis, plural Hunnis) (colloquial) a hundred-currency note Coordinate terms: Zwanni, Tausi ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Hunni” in Duden online “Hunni” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Latin == === Alternative forms === Chūnnī, Chūnī === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhuːn.niː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈun.ni] === Proper noun === Hūnnī m pl (genitive Hūnnōrum); second declension the Huns ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== Hūnniscus ==== Descendants ==== → Old English: Hūne pl → Old High German: Hūni, Hūnni pl Middle High German: Hiune, Hūne sg, Hiunen pl German: Hüne → Old Norse: Húnir pl === References === “Hunni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hunni”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Hunni”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Old High German == === Alternative forms === Hūni === Etymology === From Latin Hūnnī, as if from Proto-West Germanic *Hūnī, *Hunnī. Cognate with Old English Hūnas, Old Norse húnir. === Proper noun === Hunni m pl the Huns ==== Usage notes ==== Attested in Hildebrandslied as nominative singular hun and genitive plural huneo, possibly indicating a long-vowel form hūn-, as seen in the Old English and Old Norse equivalents. ==== Declension ====