Hunni

German

Etymology

Hunderter +‎ -i, from hundert (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊni/

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Noun

Hunni m (strong, genitive Hunnis, plural Hunnis)

1. (colloquial) a hundred-currency note

   Coordinate terms: Zwanni, Tausi

   • 2011, Jacques Berndorf, Eifel-Müll‎^[1], Grafit Verlag, →ISBN:

     »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

Declension of Hunni [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hunni	die	Hunnis
genitive	eines	des	Hunnis	der	Hunnis
dative	einem	dem	Hunni	den	Hunnis
accusative	einen	den	Hunni	die	Hunnis

Further reading

• “Hunni” in Duden online
• “Hunni”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Chūnnī, Chūnī

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Iraniander.

Ancient Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi)der.

Latin Hūnnī

Derived 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

1. the Huns

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Hūnnī
genitive	Hūnnōrum
dative	Hūnnīs
accusative	Hūnnōs
ablative	Hūnnīs
vocative	Hūnnī

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

1. 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

Declension of Hunn (masculine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	Hunn	Hunni
accusative	Hunn	Hunni
genitive	Hunnes	Hunno
dative	Hunne	Hunnim, Hunnen
instrumental	Hunnu	—

Declension of Hūn (masculine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	Hūn	Hūni
accusative	Hūn	Hūni
genitive	Hūnes	Hūno
dative	Hūne	Hūnim, Hūnen
instrumental	Hūnu	—