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Hanf

Pronunciation: /hanf/

“Hanf” is a German word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

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

Etymology

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.

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