Hader

See also: hader

German

Etymology

From Old High German hadu (battle), from Proto-Germanic *haþuz. Akin to Old English heaþo-. Other Indo-European cognates include Old Norse hǫð/ hǫðr (battle), Irish cath (battle), Proto-Slavic *kotera / *kotora (quarrel, fight) and Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru, foe).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Hader m (genitive Haders, no plural)

  1. dispute, quarrel
    • 1534, Bible, tr. Martin Luther, Moses 5 1:12:
      Wie kann ich allein solche Mühe und Last und Hader von euch ertragen?
      How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? (King James Version)
    • 1534, Bible, tr. Martin Luther, Moses 5 25:1:
      Wenn ein Hader ist zwischen Männern, so soll man sie vor Gericht bringen und sie richten
      If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them (King James Version)
    • 1801, Friedrich Schiller, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, act 1 scene 9:
      Umarmt euch, Prinzen! / Laßt allen Groll und Hader jetzo schwinden.
      Embrace each other, princes! Let all grudge and quarrel now fade away.
    • 1862, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Die Nibelungen, act 1 scene 2:
      Sie wird das heil'ge Zeichen nicht entweihn, / Das allem Hader unter Menschenkindern / Ein Ende setzte, seit die Erde steht.
      She will not desecrate the holy symbol, which ended all quarrel among mankind since Earth began.

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