Hunni
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʊni/
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Noun
Hunni m (strong, genitive Hunnis, plural Hunnis)
- (colloquial) a hundred-currency note
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- »Ein Hunni?« »Ein Hunni«, nickte ich. Wir betraten hinter Martin seinen Palast und ich hörte, wie Rodenstock beim Anblick der chaotischen Tigerfellanhäufung den Atem einsog und gleich darauf entsetzt stöhnte. Ich nahm einen Hundertmarkschein aus meiner Geldbörse und legte sie auf den Tisch.
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Declension
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhun.niː/, [ˈhʊnːiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈun.ni/, [ˈunːi]
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Hunnī |
Genitive | Hunnōrum |
Dative | Hunnīs |
Accusative | Hunnōs |
Ablative | Hunnīs |
Vocative | Hunnī |
Derived terms
- Hunniscus
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
Etymology
From Latin Hunni, as if from Proto-West Germanic *Hūnī, *Hunnī. Cognate with Old English Hūne, Old Norse húnir.
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
Declension of Hunn (masculine i-stem)
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