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GERMAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

hold.

affectionate, devoted, faithful, loyal

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/hɔlt/

  1. affectionate, devoted, faithful, loyal

    dated · literary · predicative
    Er blieb ihr immer hold.
    Das Glück / Wetter war uns nicht hold.

  2. gracious, graceful, comely, dainty

    archaic · humorous · poetic
    Ade, du holde Maid!
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German holt, from Old High German hold, from Proto-West Germanic *holþ, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz. Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (hulþs, “clement”) and Old Norse hollr ( > Danish huld).

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