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Hader.

dispute, quarrel

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhaːdɐ/
  1. dispute, quarrel

    dated · masculine · no-plural · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German hader, from Old High German hadu- (“battle”), from Proto-West Germanic *haþu. Akin to Old English *heaþu. Other Indo-European cognates include Old Norse hǫð/ hǫðr (“battle”)/ Hǫðr, Irish cath (“battle”), Proto-Slavic *kotera / *kotora (“quarrel, fight”), Old Church Slavonic котора (kotora), and Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru, “foe”).

noun
  1. rag, cloth scrap, lumpen

    Austria · Southern-Germany · masculine · mixed · strong
  2. cleaning rag, floorcloth

    Austria · Central · Germany · masculine · mixed · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German hader, from Old High German hadara, of uncertain ultimate origin, but Kluge compares Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “garment made of rags, something with a sharp point”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom (“pointed tool”).

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