Hand

See also: Appendix:Variations of "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

  1. A surname.

Derived terms

Anagrams

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)

  1. (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), Yiddish האַנט (hant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hant/
    • IPA(key): [hɑnd̥] (Swiss, Austro-Bavarian)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Hand f (genitive Hand, plural Hände, diminutive Händchen n or Händlein n or Handerl n)

  1. hand
  2. (by extension) handwriting

Declension

Declension of Hand [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hand die Hände
genitive einer der Hand der Hände
dative einer der Hand den Händen
accusative eine die Hand die Hände

Derived terms

Noun

Hand n or f (strong, genitive Hand, no plural)

  1. (soccer, informal) clipping of Handspiel
    Das war Hand! ― That was a handball!
    Das erste Hand war vor dem Strafraum, aber das zweite hätte Elfmeter geben müssen.
    The first handball was outside the box, but the second one should have been a penalty.
    • 2017 November 5, Nicole Hornischer, “Videobeweis im Fokus: „Irritation“ um Aufregerszene in Augsburg”, in www.br.de‎[1], archived from the original on 22 May 2025:
      „Das war klares Hand, da gibt’s keine Diskussion“, befand FCA-Coach Manuel Baum […] .
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German hant and Old High German hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.[1]

Cognate with German Hand and Luxembourgish Hand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Syllabification: Hand

Noun

Hand f (plural Henn, diminutive Hendche)

  1. hand (part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist)
    zwetter Hand ― secondhand
  • Handduch
  • Handtasch
  • Handwerrik
  • Handwerrker
  • hannle
  • Hennschuh

References

  1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Hand”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 72

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 or Hännen)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. hand
  2. handwriting
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