hann

See also: Hann

Akan

Noun

hann

1. 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)

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)

1. (most dialects) to have

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ, of uncertain origin.

Pronoun

hann

1. he

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar†
		n	tað		tí	tess
plural	1st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hann, from Proto-Norse *hānaʀ, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hanː/, [(h)änː]

  Rhymes: -anː

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Pronoun

hann

1. (personal pronoun): he

   Hann er gamall.

   He is old.

   Hann drap hann.

   He killed him.

2. (personal pronoun): accusative of hann: him

   Hann drap hann.

   He killed him.

   Hættu þessu! Ég elska hann!

   Stop it! I love him!

Declension

  Icelandic personal pronouns

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)

1. (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)

1. 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 form, nominative/accusative
• ᛅᚾᚢᛘ (anum), ᚬᚾᚢᛘ (ąnum) — Runic form, dative
• ᚼᛅᚾᛋ (hans), ᛅᚾᛋ (ans), ᚼᚬᚾᛋ (hąns), ᚭᚾᛋ (ąns) — Runic form, 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).

The long vowel is preserved in the masculine dative hǫ́num and feminine nominative hǫ́n, both affected by u-umlaut (Proto-Norse *hānumʀ, *hānu).

Pronoun

hann

1. he (third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun)

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns

number	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	ek	þú		hann	hon, hón, hǫ́n	þat
accusative	mik	þik	sik	hann	hana, hána	þat
dative	mér	þér	sér	hánum, hónum, hǫ́num	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	sín	hans	hennar	þess
case	dual
nominative	vit	it, þit
accusative	okkr	ykkr	sik
dative	okkr	ykkr	sér
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sín
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	vár	yðar, yðvar	sín	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra

Descendants

• Icelandic: hann
• Faroese: hann
• Norwegian Nynorsk: han
  • Russenorsk: han
• Norwegian Bokmål: han
• Elfdalian: an
• Old Swedish: han
  • Swedish: han
• Danish: han (hand)
• Old Gutnish: hann

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hann”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” 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)

1. (western Palatine) to have

Descendants

• Frankfurterisch: [havə]; [hɑvə], [hɔvə] (older)
• Palatine German: hann, hawwe, hunn
• Pennsylvania German: hawwe
• Upper Hessian: hu, hunn

Swedish

Pronunciation

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• Homophone: han

Verb

hann

1. past indicative of hinna

Usage notes

A homophone of han (“he”).