Hand

See also: hand, HAND, händ, hånd, hand., and hånd-

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

• Hand County

Anagrams

• Dahn, Danh, H-DNA, NADH, dahn, hDNA

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

Picture dictionary

Hand

Handfläche

Handgelenk

Daumen

Zeigefinger

Mittelfinger

Ringfinger

kleiner Finger

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Arm

Arm

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hant/
  • IPA^(key): [hɑnd̥] (Swiss, Austro-Bavarian)

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

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

1. hand
   • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 103:

     Rette mich, murmelte er vor sich hin, unwillkürlich mit gefalteten Händen, als wäre es ein Gebet an sie.

     Save me, he mumbled to himself, involuntarily with folded hands, as if it was a prayer to her.

2. (by extension) handwriting
   • 1787, Friedrich Schiller, Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien, 3. Akt, 3. Auftritt:

     Es ist Don Carlos' Hand.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

• abhanden kommen
• alle Hände voll zu tun haben
• aushändigen
• behende
• Hand in Hand
• Handball
• Handballen
• Handbewegung
• Handbreit
• Handbremse
• Handbuch
• Händchenhalten
• Händedruck
• händeringend
• handfest
• Handfläche
• handgeführt
• Handgelenk
• Handgemenge
• Handgranate
• handgreiflich
• Handgriff
• Handhabe
• Handkäse
• Handlanger
• handlich
• Handpuppe
• Handreichung
• Handrücken
• handsam
• Handschelle
• Handschlag
• Handschrift
• Handschuh
• Handstand
• Handtasche
• Handteller
• Handtuch
• handverlesen
• handwarm
• Handwerk
• Handwurzel
• handzahm
• kurzerhand
• leichterhand
• mit leeren Händen
• rechte Hand
• unsichtbare Hand
• vorhanden

 

Related terms

• Handen
• zuhanden

Noun

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

1. (soccer, informal) Short for 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.

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

• “Hand” in Duden online
• “Hand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hand” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Hand”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Hunsrik

Picture dictionary

Hand

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Daume

Zeichefinger

Mittelfinger

Ringfinger

-

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Aarem

Aarem

Etymology

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

Cognate with German Hand and Luxembourgish Hand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hant/
• Rhymes: -ant
• Hyphenation: Hand

Noun

Hand f (plural Henn, diminutive Hendche)

1. hand (part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist)

   zwetter Hand ― secondhand

Related terms

• Handduch
• Handtasch
• Handwerrik
• Handwerrker
• hannle
• Hennschuh

 

Low German

Picture dictionary

Hand

Palm

Wrist

Dumen

Wiesfinger

Middelfinger

Ringfinger

Pink

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Arm

Arm

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)

1. hand

Derived terms

• Handball
• handballen
• Handbewegen
• Handbook n
• handbreet
• Handdook
• handfast
• Handgreep
• handgrieplich
• Handhaav
• Handkääs
• handlich
• Handpupp
• Handreken
• Handschrift
• Handslag
• Handstand
• Handwark
• Handy n
• hannen
• Hansch m
• mit leddige Hännen
• rechte Hand

 

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