Haudegen

German

Etymology

From hauen +‎ Degen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Haudegen m (genitive Haudegens, plural Haudegen)

a daredevil
a go-getter
Synonyms: Draufgänger, Hansdampf
a foolhardy warrior

Declension

Declension of Haudegen

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Haudegen	die	Haudegen
genitive	eines	des	Haudegens	der	Haudegen
dative	einem	dem	Haudegen	den	Haudegen
accusative	einen	den	Haudegen	die	Haudegen

Descendants

→ Dutch: houwdegen (calque)

References

Haudegen in Duden online
Wolfgang Pfeifer: Haudegen Etymologisches Wörterbuch

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