hondert
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- honnert (Moselle Franconian, parts of southern Ripuarian)
- hongert (traditional Ripuarian form, now chiefly western dialects)
Etymology
From Middle High German hundert, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą. According to one theory this word is originally Ingvaeonic; if so, through Old Saxon hunderod. The inherited form in Ripuarian is hongert, that with -nd- was influenced by Standard German hundert. Compare dausend alongside inherited duusend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhondʌt/
Numeral
hondert
- (most dialects of Ripuarian) a hundred
- 1950, “1900 Johr steiht uns Kölle am Rhing”[1]performed by Willy Schneider:
- Nüngzehnhondert Johr steiht uns Kölle am Rhing.
Nüngzehnhondert Johr si’ mer jeck hee am Rhing.
Laache, bütze, danze, springe dunn mer jo hück.
Noch ens hondert Johr läven ander Lück.- For nineteen hundred years our Cologne has stood on the Rhine.
For nineteen hundred years we’ve been crazy here on the Rhine.
To laugh, kiss, dance and jump is what we do today.
Yet another hundred years there’ll be other people living.
- For nineteen hundred years our Cologne has stood on the Rhine.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Possibly from Old Dutch *hunderat, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą. According to one theory this word is originally Ingvaeonic; if so, through Old Frisian or Old Saxon hunderod.
Numeral
hondert
Descendants
Further reading
- “hondert (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hondert”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN