Hanf

From Middle High German hanef, hanif, hanf, from Old High German hanaf, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Compare Dutch hennep, English hemp, Danish hamp. Also cognate with Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis), whence the doublet Cannabis.

• IPA^(key): /hanf/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /hamf/ (colloquial, regional)

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Hanf m or (rare) n (strong, genitive Hanfes or Hanfs, no plural)

1. hemp
2. hemp as a drug or medical substance

   Synonyms: Cannabis, Haschisch, Marihuana

• The neuter gender is rare, but is sometimes found when referring to the use as a drug (after the synonyms above, which are all neuter).

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• hanfen

• Hänfling

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1. a surname

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• “Hanf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hanf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hanf” in Duden online
• Hanf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Hanf” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

• Hunnef (now less common)

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• IPA^(key): /hɑnf/

Hanf m (uncountable)

1. hemp