öde
See also: -öde and Appendix:Variations of "ode"
German
editAlternative forms
edit- öd (Austria, Southern Germany, sometimes central Germany)
Etymology
editFrom Middle High German œde, ōde, from Old High German ōdi, from Proto-West Germanic *auþī, from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewtyos (“forlorn, deserted”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away from”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editöde (strong nominative masculine singular öder, comparative öder, superlative am ödesten)
- empty, bare, barren, bleak, desolate, deserted
- Synonym: wüst
- Die ehemalige Hauptstadt ist jetzt eine öde Ruine. ― The former capital is now a desolate ruin.
- 1933, “Die Moorsoldaten [Peat Bog Soldiers]”, Johann Esser, Wolfgang Langhoff (lyrics), Rudi Goguel (music):
- Hier in dieser öden Heide / ist das Lager aufgebaut.
- Here on this barren heath / The camp has been built up.
- (colloquial) tedious, dull, dreary
- Die Party wurde öde, also ging ich. ― The party became boring so I left.
Declension
editPositive forms of öde
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist öde | sie ist öde | es ist öde | sie sind öde | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | öder | öde | ödes | öde |
genitive | öden | öder | öden | öder | |
dative | ödem | öder | ödem | öden | |
accusative | öden | öde | ödes | öde | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der öde | die öde | das öde | die öden |
genitive | des öden | der öden | des öden | der öden | |
dative | dem öden | der öden | dem öden | den öden | |
accusative | den öden | die öde | das öde | die öden | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein öder | eine öde | ein ödes | (keine) öden |
genitive | eines öden | einer öden | eines öden | (keiner) öden | |
dative | einem öden | einer öden | einem öden | (keinen) öden | |
accusative | einen öden | eine öde | ein ödes | (keine) öden |
Comparative forms of öde
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist öder | sie ist öder | es ist öder | sie sind öder | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | öderer | ödere | öderes | ödere |
genitive | öderen | öderer | öderen | öderer | |
dative | öderem | öderer | öderem | öderen | |
accusative | öderen | ödere | öderes | ödere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der ödere | die ödere | das ödere | die öderen |
genitive | des öderen | der öderen | des öderen | der öderen | |
dative | dem öderen | der öderen | dem öderen | den öderen | |
accusative | den öderen | die ödere | das ödere | die öderen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein öderer | eine ödere | ein öderes | (keine) öderen |
genitive | eines öderen | einer öderen | eines öderen | (keiner) öderen | |
dative | einem öderen | einer öderen | einem öderen | (keinen) öderen | |
accusative | einen öderen | eine ödere | ein öderes | (keine) öderen |
Superlative forms of öde
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am ödesten | sie ist am ödesten | es ist am ödesten | sie sind am ödesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ödester | ödeste | ödestes | ödeste |
genitive | ödesten | ödester | ödesten | ödester | |
dative | ödestem | ödester | ödestem | ödesten | |
accusative | ödesten | ödeste | ödestes | ödeste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der ödeste | die ödeste | das ödeste | die ödesten |
genitive | des ödesten | der ödesten | des ödesten | der ödesten | |
dative | dem ödesten | der ödesten | dem ödesten | den ödesten | |
accusative | den ödesten | die ödeste | das ödeste | die ödesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ödester | eine ödeste | ein ödestes | (keine) ödesten |
genitive | eines ödesten | einer ödesten | eines ödesten | (keiner) ödesten | |
dative | einem ödesten | einer ödesten | einem ödesten | (keinen) ödesten | |
accusative | einen ödesten | eine ödeste | ein ödestes | (keine) ödesten |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “öde” in Duden online
- “öde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “öde”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish ø̄þe, from Old Norse auðr.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editöde (comparative mer öde, superlative mest öde)
- void of people or human activity; deserted, desolate, empty
- en öde strand
- a deserted beach
- Butikerna var stängda och centrum låg öde
- The shops were closed and the city center was [lay] deserted
Usage notes
editÖdslig additionally implies a desolate or lonely feeling. See also karg (“barren”).
Declension
editSee also
editNoun
editöde n
Declension
editDeclension of öde
Derived terms
edit- gå sitt öde till mötes (“meet one's fate”)
- ödesdiger
- ödesgudinna
References
editFurther reading
edit- öde in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Ye'kwana
editALIV | öde |
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Brazilian standard | äde |
New Tribes | äde |
Pronunciation
editNoun
editöde (possessed ödedü)
References
edit- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “Chäädedö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 220, 387: “d - ededü > *chededü > chödedü 'his liver' […] chö:dedü - his liver”
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