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Horn.

horn (musical instrument)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɔrn/[hɔʁn][hɔɐ̯n][hɔːn]

  1. horn (musical instrument)

    neuter · strong

  2. horn (projection, of an animal, altar, etc.)

    neuter · strong

  3. cornet

    neuter · strong

  4. cranial parietal bones

    neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German horn, from Old High German horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-. Compare Low German Horn, Hoorn, Hurn; Höärn (Altmärkisch); Häörn (Haön) (Münsterländisch), Dutch hoorn, English horn, Danish horn and Swedish horn.

name/hɔrn/[hɔʁn][hɔɐ̯n][hɔːn]

  1. a surname

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · surname
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German horn, from Old High German horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-. Compare Low German Horn, Hoorn, Hurn; Höärn (Altmärkisch); Häörn (Haön) (Münsterländisch), Dutch hoorn, English horn, Danish horn and Swedish horn.

name/hɔrn/[hɔʁn][hɔɐ̯n][hɔːn]

  1. a city in Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    neuter · proper-noun

  2. a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria

    neuter · proper-noun

  3. a municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

    neuter · proper-noun

  4. a municipality of Switzerland

    neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German horn, from Old High German horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-. Compare Low German Horn, Hoorn, Hurn; Höärn (Altmärkisch); Häörn (Haön) (Münsterländisch), Dutch hoorn, English horn, Danish horn and Swedish horn.

noun/hɔrn/[hɔʁn][hɔɐ̯n][hɔːn]

  1. horn (substance from which animal horns are made)

    neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German horn, from Old High German horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-. Compare Low German Horn, Hoorn, Hurn; Höärn (Altmärkisch); Häörn (Haön) (Münsterländisch), Dutch hoorn, English horn, Danish horn and Swedish horn.

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