hunt

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian (“to hunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *huntōn (“to hunt, capture”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- (“to catch, seize”). Related to Old High German hunda (“booty”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (hunþs, “body of captives”), Old English hūþ (“plunder, booty, prey”), Old English hentan (“to catch, seize”). More at hent, hint. In some areas read as a collective form of hound by folk etymology. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hʌnt/ Rhymes: -ʌnt === Verb === hunt (third-person singular simple present hunts, present participle hunting, simple past and past participle hunted) (ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport. (ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for). (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc. (transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting. (transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game. (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes. (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly. (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hunt (plural hunts) The act of hunting. A hunting expedition. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it. A pack of hunting dogs. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Thun == Bavarian == === Alternative forms === Hund === Noun === hunt ? (Sappada, Sauris, Timau) dog === References === Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien. == Cimbrian == === Etymology === From Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz. Cognate with German Hund, English hound. === Noun === hunt m (plural hunte, diminutive hüntle, feminine hünten) (Luserna, Sette Comuni) dog (Sette Comuni) firing pin (Sette Comuni) large iron clamp Coordinate term: klamara === Further reading === “hunt” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo 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 == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Hund. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦunt] === Noun === hunt m inan Used in the phrase: být na huntě ― to be broke přivést na hunt ― to make broke ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== mizina ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hunt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “hunt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “hunt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Estonian == === Etymology === Most likely from Middle Low German hunt. Possibly an earlier loan from Proto-Germanic *hundaz. === Noun === hunt (genitive hundi, partitive hunti) wolf, grey wolf ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== susi untsantsakas hall hunt == Middle English == === Verb === hunt (Early Scots, Northern) alternative form of hunten == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈhunt/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old High German hunt. ==== Noun ==== hunt m dog (Canis familiaris) (derogatory) dog (morally reprehensible person) ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Alemannic German: Hund Alsatian: Hund Swabian: Hond Walser: hun, hund, hunn, hònn Bavarian: Cimbrian: hunt Mòcheno: hunt Udinese: hunt Central Franconian: Hond, Honk (most dialects of Ripuarian), Hongk (Aachen), Hunk (Kölsch)Hunsrik: HundKölsch: Hunk, HungkLuxembourgish: Hond German: Hund→ Esperanto: hundo→ Ido: hundo Mòcheno: hunt Vilamovian: hund Yiddish: הונט (hunt) === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old High German *hunt. ==== Noun ==== hunt n hundred Synonym: hundert ===== Descendants ===== German: hunt === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “HUNT stm.”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “HUNT stn.”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “hunt”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition == Mòcheno == === Etymology === From Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz (“dog”). Cognate with German Hund, English hound. === Noun === hunt m 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 == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hund. === Noun === hunt m dog ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: hont Dutch: hond ==== Further reading ==== “hunt (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hund. === Noun === hunt m dog ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: huntAlemannic German: HundAlsatian: HundSwabian: HondWalser: hun, hund, hunn, hònnBavarian:Cimbrian: huntMòcheno: huntUdinese: huntCentral Franconian: Hond, Honk (most dialects of Ripuarian), Hongk (Aachen), Hunk (Kölsch)Hunsrik: HundKölsch: Hunk, HungkLuxembourgish: HondGerman: Hund→ Esperanto: hundo→ Ido: hundoMòcheno: huntVilamovian: hundYiddish: הונט (hunt) === References === Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “hunt”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition == Yiddish == === Romanization === hunt romanization of הונט