"Hüne" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhyːnə/ Audio: De-Hüne.ogg
Etymology: From German Low German Hüne (“giant, hulk”), from Middle Low German hǖne (“hulk; Hun”), ultimately from the self-designation of the historic Huns. Compare Middle High German hiune, hūne (“Hun; Hungarian”), from Old High German hūn (“Hun”). The High German equivalent Heune became obsolete in Early Modern German and was superseded by the Latin-derived Ungar (“Hungarian”) and Hunne (“Hun”).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. Etymology templates: {{der|de|nds-de|Hüne||giant, hulk}} German Low German Hüne (“giant, hulk”), {{der|de|gml|hǖne||hulk; Hun}} Middle Low German hǖne (“hulk; Hun”), {{cog|gmh|hiune}} Middle High German hiune, {{m|gmh|hūne||Hun; Hungarian}} hūne (“Hun; Hungarian”), {{cog|goh|hūn||Hun}} Old High German hūn (“Hun”), {{m|de|Heune}} Heune, {{m|de|Ungar||Hungarian}} Ungar (“Hungarian”), {{m|de|Hunne||Hun}} Hunne (“Hun”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak}} Hüne m (weak, genitive Hünen, plural Hünen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: Hünen [genitive], Hünen [plural], weak [table-tags], Hüne [nominative, singular], Hünen [definite, nominative, plural], Hünen [genitive, singular], Hünen [definite, genitive, plural], Hünen [dative, singular], Hünen [dative, definite, plural], Hünen [accusative, singular], Hünen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. giant, hulk (tall man, typically also muscular) Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Hüne-de-noun-vS9At-Qy Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. (mythology) giant Tags: masculine, weak Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-Hüne-de-noun-CxMuovbN Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Hunne, Hünenbett, Hünengrab, Hünenstein, Hinkelstein

Inflected forms

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