Horn
See also: horn, hörn, Hörn, and hòrn
English
Proper noun
the Horn
- Cape Horn, at the southern tip of South America.
- Sailing around the Horn was an arduous journey for sailing ships.
- The Horn of Africa, a peninsula of Africa which juts into the Arabian Sea.
- 1978, War in the Horn of Africa, report of the United States Fact-Finding Mission to Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, page 4:
- At the same time, it would be erroneous to exaggerate U.S. interests, to overreact to political developments in the Horn, or to adopt imprudent policies based on emotional reactions to Soviet and Cuban involvement.
- 1998, John Markakis, Resource conflict in the Horn of Africa, page 185:
- […] countries fail to explore the possibilities of producing other crops of high value and demand in the Horn or elsewhere.
- 2001, Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, Culture and Customs of Somalia, →ISBN, page 8:
- The word Somali itself today refers to any inhabitant of Somalia; it also refers to any person of ethnic Somali origin in the Horn or elsewhere.
- 2012, Peter Woodward, Crisis In The Horn of Africa, →ISBN, page 39:
- Although major coups had taken off in the Arab world in Egypt in 1952, this was the first coup in the Horn or indeed in post-independence Africa.
- 1978, War in the Horn of Africa, report of the United States Fact-Finding Mission to Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, page 4:
Synonyms
- Horn peninsula
- Horn of Africa
- Horn region
Proper noun
Horn (plural Horns)
- A surname.
- A former civil parish in Rutland, England, abolished in 2016 on the formation of Exton and Horn parish.
Derived terms
- Exton and Horn
Anagrams
- NRHO, Rohn
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as hurne in 1102. Derived from the dative singular form of Old Dutch horn (“protruding bend, corner”).
See also Limburgish Häör.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɔrn/
- Hyphenation: Horn
- Rhymes: -ɔrn
Proper noun
Horn n
- A village and former municipality of Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Etymology
From Middle High German horn, from Old High German horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.
Compare Low German Horn, Hoorn, Hurn; Höärn (Altmärkisch); Häörn (Haön) (Münsterländisch), Dutch hoorn, English horn, Danish horn and Swedish horn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔrn/, [hɔʁn], [hɔɐ̯n], [hɔːn]
- Rhymes: -ɔʁn
Audio (file) - Rhymes with: Dorn, Korn, vorn, Zorn
Noun
Horn n (strong, genitive Hornes or Horns, plural Hörner, diminutive Hörnchen n or Hörnlein n)
- horn (musical instrument)
- horn (projection, of an animal, altar, etc.)
- cornet
- (anatomy) cranial parietal bones
Declension
Declension of Horn [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Horn | die | Hörner |
| genitive | eines | des | Hornes, Horns | der | Hörner |
| dative | einem | dem | Horn, Horne1 | den | Hörnern |
| accusative | ein | das | Horn | die | Hörner |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Derived terms
- Alphorn
- Gehörn
- hörnen
- Jagdhorn
- Krummhorn
- Rufhorn
- Trinkhorn
- Waldhorn
Related terms
- Hörnle
- Hörnli
Descendants
- → Russian: горн (gorn)
- → Romanian: goarnă
- → Ukrainian: горн (horn)
Noun
Horn n (strong, genitive Hornes or Horns, plural Horne)
- horn (substance from which animal horns are made)
Related terms
- Hornhaut
Proper noun
Horn m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Horns or (with an article) Horn, feminine genitive Horn, plural Horns)
- a surname
Proper noun
Horn n (proper noun, genitive Horns or (optionally with an article) Horn)
- A municipality of Lower Austria, Austria
- A municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- A municipality of Switzerland
Further reading
- “Horn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Horn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Horn” in Duden online
Horn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Horn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhorn]
- Rhymes: -orn
Proper noun
Horn
- a surname
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Horn | Hornok |
| accusative | Hornt | Hornokat |
| dative | Hornnak | Hornoknak |
| instrumental | Hornnal | Hornokkal |
| causal-final | Hornért | Hornokért |
| translative | Hornná | Hornokká |
| terminative | Hornig | Hornokig |
| essive-formal | Hornként | Hornokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Hornban | Hornokban |
| superessive | Hornon | Hornokon |
| adessive | Hornnál | Hornoknál |
| illative | Hornba | Hornokba |
| sublative | Hornra | Hornokra |
| allative | Hornhoz | Hornokhoz |
| elative | Hornból | Hornokból |
| delative | Hornról | Hornokról |
| ablative | Horntól | Hornoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | Horné | Hornoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | Hornéi | Hornokéi |
| Possessive forms of Horn | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Hornom | Hornjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Hornod | Hornjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Hornja | Hornjai |
| 1st person plural | Hornunk | Hornjaink |
| 2nd person plural | Hornotok | Hornjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Hornjuk | Hornjaik |
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian surnames