hann
Akan
Noun
- light
- Na Onyankopɔn kaa sɛ: ɛnyɛ hann! Na ɛyɛɛ hann. ― And God said, let there be light! And there was light.
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- han (Limburgan-Ripuarian Transitional Dialects)
Etymology
From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /han/
Verb
hann (third-person singular present hät or hat, past tense hatt, past participle jehatt or gehatt)
- (most dialects) to have
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ (*hānaʀ), of uncertain origin.
Pronoun
hann
- he
Declension
| Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn) | |||||
| Singular (eintal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | eg, jeg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg, mjeg | teg, tjeg | hana | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara, hans† | hennara, hennar† | tess |
| Plural (fleirtal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum, teim† | ||||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra | ||
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ (*hānaʀ), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- (stressed) IPA(key): /ˈhanː/
- Rhymes: -anː
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- (unstressed) IPA(key): /an(ː)/
Pronoun
hann
- (personal pronoun): he
- Hann er gamall.
- He is old.
- Hann draphann.
- He killed him.
- (personal pronoun): accusative singular form of the word hann (meaning "he") meaning "him".
- Hann draphann.
- He killed him.
- Hættu þessu! Ég elskahann!
- Stop it! I love him!
Declension
| Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
| singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
| nominative | ég, eg†, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
| accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
| dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
| genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
| plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
| nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
| accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
| dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
| genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra | |
Derived terms
- eins og hann frekast gat
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
hann m (definite singular hannen, indefinite plural hanner, definite plural hannene)
- (zoology) a male
Antonyms
- hunn
Derived terms
- hannkatt
References
- “hann” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- hanne
Etymology
From han (“he”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /han/
Noun
hann m (definite singular hannen, indefinite plural hannar, definite plural hannane)
- male
- Hjå mange artar har hannar og hoer ulik storleik.
- The males and females of many species have different sizes.
Antonyms
- ho, hoe
Derived terms
- hannkatt
References
- “hann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- ᚼᛅᚾ (han), ᛅᚾ (an), ᚼᚬᚾ (hąn), ᚬᚾ (ąn) – Runic, nominative/accusative
- ᛅᚾᚢᛘ (anum), ᚬᚾᚢᛘ (ąnum) – Runic, dative
- ᚼᛅᚾᛋ (hans), ᛅᚾᛋ (ans), ᚼᚬᚾᛋ (hąns), ᚭᚾᛋ (ąns) – Runic, genitive
Etymology
From earlier *hánn, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a compound of *he- (corresponding to English he) and *ānaʀ (from Proto-Germanic *jainaz, corresponding to Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains)) or even directly from *ānaʀ with h- added due to influence from the demonstrative pronoun hinn, or else perhaps directly inherited from Proto-Indo-European and answering to Ancient Greek κεῖνος (keînos).
Pronoun
hann
- he (third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun)
Declension
| number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
| nominative | ek | þú | hann | hon, hón | þat | |
| accusative | mik | þik | sik | hann, hánn | hana, hána | þat |
| dative | mér | þér | sér | hánum, hónum | henni | því |
| genitive | mínn, minn | þínn, þinn | sínn, sinn | hans, háns | hennar | þess |
| case | dual | |||||
| nominative | vit | it, þit | ||||
| accusative | okkr | ykkr | sik | |||
| dative | okkr | ykkr | sér | |||
| genitive | okkarr | ykkarr | sínn, sinn | |||
| case | plural | plural masculine | plural feminine | plural neuter | ||
| nominative | vér | ér, þér | þeir | þær | þau | |
| accusative | oss | yðr | sik | þá | þær | þau |
| dative | oss | yðr | sér | þeim | þeim | þeim |
| genitive | várr | yðarr, yðvarr | sínn, sinn | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra | þeira, þeirra |
Descendants
- Icelandic: hann
- Faroese: hann
- Norwegian Nynorsk: han
- Norwegian Bokmål: han
- Elfdalian: an
- Old Swedish: han
- Swedish: han
- Danish: han (hand)
- Old Gutnish: hann
References
- “hann”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Rhine Franconian
Alternative forms
- hawwe (Vorderpfälzisch)
- hunn (northern Palatine)
Etymology
From Middle High German hān, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.
Verb
hann (third-person singular present hadd)
- (western Palatine) to have
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Homophone: han
Verb
hann
- past tense of hinna.