Hanf

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hanef, hanif, hanf, from Old High German hanaf, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz.

Compare Dutch hennep, English hemp, Danish hamp. Also cognate with Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis), whence the doublet Cannabis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hanf/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /hamf/ (colloquial, regional)

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Noun

Hanf m or (rare) n (strong, genitive Hanfes or Hanfs, no plural)

1. hemp
2. hemp as a drug or medical substance

   Synonyms: Cannabis, Haschisch, Marihuana

Usage notes

• The neuter gender is rare, but is sometimes found when referring to the use as a drug (after the synonyms above, which are all neuter).

Declension

Declension of Hanf [sg-only, masculine // neuter (rare), strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Hanf
genitive	eines	des	Hanfes, Hanfs
dative	einem	dem	Hanf, Hanfe1
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Hanf

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• hanfen

Related terms

• Hänfling

Proper noun

Hanf m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hanfs or (with an article) Hanf, feminine genitive Hanf, plural Hanfs)

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Hanf [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Hanf	(eine)	(die)	Hanf	(die)	Hanfs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Hanfs, Hanf1	(einer)	(der)	Hanf	(der)	Hanfs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Hanf	(einer)	(der)	Hanf	(den)	Hanfs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Hanf	(eine)	(die)	Hanf	(die)	Hanfs

¹With an article.

Further reading

• “Hanf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hanf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hanf” in Duden online
• Hanf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Hanf” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• Hunnef (now less common)

Etymology

From German Hanf, chiefly displacing the native form above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑnf/

Noun

Hanf m (uncountable)

1. hemp