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Hüne
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hune huene Hune
German
Etymology
From de nds-de Hüne giant, hulk, from de gml hǖne hulk; Hun, ultimately from the self-designation of the historic Huns. Compare gmh hiune, gmh hūne Hun; Hungarian, from goh hūn Hun.
The High German equivalent de Heune became obsolete in Early Modern German and was superseded by the Latin-derived de Ungar Hungarian and de Hunne Hun. However, Hüne remained common as a term for “giant, hulk” both in mythic and everyday contexts in many parts of northern Germany, whence it was reintroduced to the written language in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Pronunciation
de /ˈhyːnə/
de De-Hüne.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m.weak
giant, hulk tall man, typically also muscular
de Drago, ein eiskalter Hüne mit über 2,00 m Körperlänge, ist eine mit stahlharten Muskeln bepackte Kampfmaschine. Drago, an ice-cold hulk of a man standing more than two metres tall, is a fighting machine packed with muscles of steel.
Kampfjahre Überrascht sah ich auf. »Mister Stratford?« — Der rotblonde Hüne, der mich eben begrüßt hatte, nickte erfreut.
de 1913 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33821/pg33821-images.html Erste Gedichte Im alten Hause w:Rainer Maria Rilke Die Stadt verschwimmt wie hinter Glas. / Nur hoch, wie ein behelmter Hüne, / ragt klar vor mir die grünspangrüne / Turmkuppel von Sankt Nikolas.
de mythology giant
Declension
m.weak
Derived terms
de hünenhaft
Related terms
de Hunne
de Hünenbett, de Hünengrab, de Hünenstein, de Hinkelstein
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