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. The native form is hongert, that with -nd- is influenced by Standard German hundert. (Compare also dausend alongside duusend.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhondʌt/

Numeral

hondert

  1. (most dialects of Ripuarian) a hundred

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hundert, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą.

Numeral

hondert

  1. hundred

Descendants

Further reading
  • “hondert (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “hondert”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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