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huh

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See also:Huh,hūh,andHUH

English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:

"Huh", the universal syllable

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Attested fromcirca 1600. CompareDutchhè(“huh”).

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /hʌ/,[hʌ̃]
Audio(Southern England,rising pitch): (file)
Audio(Southern England,falling pitch): (file)
Audio(Southern England,martial arts): (file)
(General American)IPA^(key): /hʌ/,[hʌ̃],/hə/,[hə̃]
- Audio(California): (file)
Rhymes:-ʌ

Interjection

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huh

(with rising pitch)Used to expressdoubt orconfusion.
Huh? Where did they go?
(with falling pitch)Used to expressamusement or subtlesurprise.
Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left.
(with rising pitch)Used toreinforce aquestion.
Where were you last night?Huh?
(slang, with falling pitch)Used either tobelittle the issuer of a statement/question, orsarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extremeunderstatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implieddullness for belittlement, andfeigned surprise for utter agreement.
(belittlement) A: "We should go to an amusement park, it would be fun." B: "Huh."
(agreement) A: "Murder is bad." B: "Huh!"
(informal, with rising pitch)Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
Synonyms:come again,pardon,what;see alsoThesaurus:say again
Huh? Could you speak up?
(informal, with falling pitch)Used to create atag question.
It's getting kind of late,huh?
(onomatopoeia)Representing the sound of heavybreathing.
- 1980,Donald McCaig,The Butte Polka: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Rawson, Wade Publishers, Inc.,→ISBN,page251:
  He broke into a dogtrot and ran by us. I don't think he saw us. His voice was coming in little puffs,huh,huh,huh, but he probably didn't notice that either.
- 2019 May 15, Robert Purchese, quotingMarcin Iwiński, “Seeing Red: The story of CD Projekt”, inEurogamer‎^[1], archived fromthe original on15 September 2023:
  It was up so many flights of stairs that people would arrive for meetings drenched in sweat: "They were likehuhhuhhuh [panting] - where the hell are you?!"
(onomatopoeia)Representing achuckling sound.
- 2010 December 7, Katherine Knorr, “Lambert Wilson: A Man of New Faith”, inThe New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on19 December 2016:
  Mr.[Lambert] Wilson says this with a soft chuckle, sounding a bit likehuhhuhhuh.
- 2017, Meg Howrey,The Wanderers, London […]:Scribner,→ISBN,page173:
  Helen starts laughing, properly now.Huh-huh-huh.
(martial arts)Akiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.
- 1993, Ashaki Boelter,The Nok, Bend, O.R.: Shakalot High Entertainment, published2006,→ISBN,page69:
  Shawn quickly turns around and punches the pale hand, yelling "Huh!Huh! Hi yah'!Huh! Get off me! Yeah!"
- 1995 October 5,Neal Pollack, quoting David Nelson, “King of the Creature Feature”, inChicago Reader‎^[3], Chicago, I.L.: Chicago Reader, Inc.,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on15 September 2023:
  He gets out of the chair, whips off his jacket, and starts closing in on the camera, punching rapidly as he moves. A left hook, a right jab. "Hey, I'm a boxer and a marine! So don't mess with me, man! Semper fi! Marine Corps! They better not mess with me! My critics better not mess with me, man, 'cause I'm gonna beat you up.Huh,huh,huh,huh,huh. Hmm, hmmm, hmm, hmmmm, heeeyah,huh,huh. Hmmm, yeah!"
- 2014, Larry Swartz,Dramathemes: Classroom Literacy that Will Excite, Surprise, and Stimulate Learning, Markham, Ont.: Pembroke Publishers Limited,→ISBN,pages130-131:
  Student A has both arms outstretched in a karate motion and shouts out "HUH". Student B receives the sound by putting both arms straight in the air and yelling "HUH". Students on either side ofB giveB a karate chop by miming a sideways karate chop — without any touching.
- 2023, Dwayne Reed,Simon B. Rhymin' Gets in the Game, New York, N.Y.:Little, Brown Books for Young Readers,→ISBN,unnumbered page:
  HUH-HUH, HI-YAH!

Derived terms

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Translations

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to express amusement or subtle surprise

Chinese:
Hokkien:哈 (zh-min-nan)(hâⁿ / haⁿ / hāⁿ / hēⁿ / hā),唅 (zh-min-nan)(--hahⁿ / --haⁿ / hahⁿ / hàⁿ / hà)
Mandarin:嗯 (zh)(ēn),哼 (zh)(hēng)
Finnish:häh (fi),höh (fi)
French:oh (fr)
Japanese:え (ja)(e),えっ (ja)(e')
Luganda:eh eh
Norwegian:hva (no)
Polish:hę (pl),ha (pl)
Portuguese:puxa (pt),eta (pt),eita (pt),caramba (pt)
Russian:а (ru)(a),что (ru)(što),да (ru)(da),да ну(da nu)(in questions),ха (ru)(xa)(in statements)
Scottish Gaelic:heth,homh
Swedish:vad (sv),vad nu
Tagalog:ha,a (tl)
Tibetan:ཨ་ཙི(a tsi)
Vietnamese:ủa (vi)

expressing doubt or confusion

Catalan:eh (ca)
Cebuano:ha
Chinese:
Hokkien:哈 (zh-min-nan)(hâⁿ / haⁿ / hāⁿ / hēⁿ / hā),唅 (zh-min-nan)(--hahⁿ / --haⁿ / hahⁿ / hàⁿ / hà)
Mandarin:嘿 (zh)(hēi),蛤 (zh)(há)(Taiwan)
Dutch:hè (nl)
Finnish:häh (fi),höh (fi)
French:hein (fr)
German:hä (de),häh
Italian:eh (it)
Japanese:へえ(hē),え (ja)(e),よ (ja)(yo),ぞ (ja)(zo)
Korean:어 (ko)(eo)
Portuguese:ué (pt),como (pt),hã
Russian:что (ru)(što),а (ru)(a),да (ru)(da)(with special intonation)
Scottish Gaelic:heth,homh
Spanish:que (es)
Swedish:vad (sv)
Tagalog:ha,a (tl)
Tibetan:ཨ་འོ(a 'o)
Vietnamese:ủa (vi)

to reinforce a question

Azerbaijani:ha (az),hah
Chinese:
Hokkien:啦 (zh-min-nan)(--la / --lah),啊 (zh-min-nan)(--a / --ah)
Mandarin:呢 (zh)(ne),啊 (zh)(à, a)
Danish:æh
Dutch:hè (nl),nou (nl)
Finnish:täh,mitä (fi)
French:hein (fr)
German:hä (de)
Japanese:ね (ja)(ne),な (ja)(na)
Mari:
Eastern Mari:а(a)
Polish:co (pl)
Portuguese:hein (pt),hã,hein (pt)
Romanian:a (ro)
Russian:а (ru)(a),да (ru)(da)
Slovene:a (sl),e (sl)
Spanish:eh (es)
Tagalog:ha
Tibetan:ག(ga)(after final ག),ང(nga)(after final ང),པ(pa)(all other cases); all particles appended to the end of a sentence
Ukrainian:га (uk)(ha)
Vietnamese:hả (vi)

"I know, huh" what huh

Chinese:
Hokkien:哈 (zh-min-nan)(hâⁿ / haⁿ / hāⁿ / hēⁿ / hā),唅 (zh-min-nan)(--hahⁿ / --haⁿ / hahⁿ / hàⁿ / hà)
Mandarin:啊 (zh)(à)
Finnish:joo (fi)
Portuguese:dã,não brinca
Russian:да (ru)(da),угу́ (ru)(ugú)(first meaning),ага́ (ru)(agá)(both meanings)
Tagalog:ha

to indicate that one didn't hear

Chinese:
Hokkien:哈 (zh-min-nan)(hâⁿ / haⁿ / hāⁿ / hēⁿ / hā),唅 (zh-min-nan)(--hahⁿ / --haⁿ / hahⁿ / hàⁿ / hà)
Dutch:hè (nl),wat (nl)
Finnish:häh (fi),täh
French:hein (fr)
German:hä (de),häh,wie (de),was (de)
Icelandic:ha (is)
Japanese:え (ja)(e),えっ (ja)(e')
Norwegian:hæ (no)
Polish:hę (pl)
Portuguese:hã,hem (pt),como (pt)
Russian:что (ru)(što),а (ru)(a)
Scottish Gaelic:uth,duda
Swedish:vad (sv),hur sa (sv)
Tagalog:ha
Tibetan:ག་རེ(ga re)
Ukrainian:га (uk)(ha)
Vietnamese:cái gì

tag question

Azerbaijani:ha (az),hah
Chinese:
Hokkien:無 /无 (zh-min-nan)(bô),(when會 was used as a main verb)𣍐 /𫧃(bōe / bǒe / bē),(to ask if one has done the verb yet)未 (zh-min-nan)(bē / bēr / bōe / běr)
Mandarin:嗎 /吗 (zh)(ma),呢 (zh)(ne),嘛 (zh)(ma)
Esperanto:ĉu? (eo),ĉu ne?
French:hein (fr)
Japanese:ね (ja)(ne),か (ja)(ka)
Korean:아이가(aiga)(Gyeongsang dialectal)
Norwegian:eller hva
Polish:nie (pl)
Russian:а (ru)(a),да (ru)(da)
Scots:eh
Scottish Gaelic:dè
Slovene:a (sl),e (sl)
Swedish:eller hur (sv)
Tagalog:ha
Tibetan:ག(ga)(after final ག),ང(nga)(after final ང),པ(pa)(all other cases); all particles appended to the end of a sentence
Vietnamese:nhỉ (vi),nhể (vi),nhở (vi),à (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Cherokee:^{(pleaseverify)}hv
Vietnamese:(3)^{(pleaseverify)}a! (vi)

References

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“huh”, inOED Online⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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hiech,hieh(western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

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FromOld High Germanhōh, fromProto-West Germanic*hauh, fromProto-Germanic*hauhaz.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /huː/

Adjective

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huh (masculinehuhe,femininehuh,comparativehüherorhühterorhieher,superlativeethühsteorhüchsteorhühtsteorhiehtste)

(Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian)high,tall

Usage notes

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The comparation forms with-ü- are Ripuarian, those with-ie- are Moselle Franconian.

Inflection

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Inflection example forhuh (Kölsch and centralRipuarian)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
positive
predicative / adverbial		huh
common case	strong	huhe	huh
	weak	huhe	huh
	partitive	huhes		—
dative case	initial	huhem		huher	huhe
dative case	non-initial	huhe			huhe
comparative
predicative / adverbial		hüher
common case	strong	hühere	hüher
	weak	hühere	hüher
	partitive	hüheres		—
dative case	initial	hüherem		hüherer	hühere
dative case	non-initial	hühere			hühere
superlative
predicative / adverbial		et hüchste
common case	strong	hüchste
common case	weak	hüchste
dative case	initial	hüchstem		hüchster	hüchste
dative case	non-initial	hüchste			hüchste
In this declension type, strong (indefinite) and weak (definite) forms are either not at all distinguished or bytone only. The partitive form follows certain indefinite pronouns likejet(“something”). In the singular dative, there is a simpler distinction between “initial” and “non-initial” position, depending on whether the adjective is the first declined word of the noun phrase or not.