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GERMAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

öde.

empty, bare, barren, bleak, desolate, deserted

3 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈʔøːdə/

  1. empty, bare, barren, bleak, desolate, deserted

    Die ehemalige Hauptstadt ist jetzt eine öde Ruine.

  2. tedious, dull, dreary

    colloquial
    Die Party wurde öde, also ging ich.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German œde, ōde, from Old High German ōdi, from Proto-West Germanic *auþī (“empty, barren”), from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewtyos (“forlorn, deserted”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away from”).

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