Hand

Meaning

1. (feminine) hand
2. (broadly, feminine) handwriting

Concepts

hand

✋

arm

extremity

hand-held

manual

on hand

way of doing something

one hand

one arm

hand

✋

hand

✋

clerk

Synonyms

Arm

Flosse

Kralle

Pranke

Handbewegung

Hände

Pfote

Pinsel

🖌️

Greifhand

Blatt

Seite

Klaue

Meinung

spannen

umarmen

Vorderfuß

die flache Hand

Feme

Waste

Assistent

Commis

drücken

eng

fünf

5

Gehilfe

gerissen

geschickt

Handfläche

handlich

Handschrift

Handvoll

Translations

main

✋

mano

✋

mano

✋

hand

mão

✋

manus

✋

mà

✋

el

✋

χέρι

يد

dest

✋

man

دهست

Dialects

Zürich

hand

Basel-Landschaft

doope

Basel-Landschaft

gloope

Basel-Landschaft

hand

Bern

hand

Lucerne

hand

St. Gallen

tòòpa

Basel-Landschaft

pfoote

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hant/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: hant

Inherited from Old High German: hant

Cognate with Dutch: hand

Cognate with English: hand

Cognate with Western Frisian: hân

Cognate with Danish: hånd

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃

In summary

From Middle High German hant, from Old High German hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.
Compare Dutch hand, English hand, West Frisian hân, Danish hånd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).

Sentences

Für Fred würde ich meine Hand ins Feuer legen .

For Fred, I would put my hand in the fire.

Nichts von dem , was du tust , hat Hand und Fuß , monierte Regina .

None of what you do has any hand and foot, Regina complained.

Friederike hatte das Fieberthermometer schon in der Hand .

Friederike already had the fever thermometer in her hand.

Eine Frau in einem geblümten Shirt hält eine braune Menükarte in der Hand .

A woman in a floral shirt holds a brown menu card in her hand.

Die sogenannte Dritte Hand hält die beiden Kabelenden, die verlötet werden sollen .

The so-called third hand holds the two cable ends that are to be soldered.