Fehdehandschuh

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German

Etymology

Fehde (“feud”) +‎ Handschuh (“glove”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeːdəˌhantʃuː/
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  • Hyphenation: Feh‧de‧hand‧schuh

Noun

Fehdehandschuh m (strong, genitive Fehdehandschuhs or Fehdehandschuhes, plural Fehdehandschuhe or (archaic in writing, still common in speech) Fehdehandschuh)

  1. a glove (literal of figurative) used for challenging someone, cf. English throw down the gauntlet

Declension

Declension of Fehdehandschuh
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fehdehandschuh die Fehdehandschuhe, Fehdehandschuh2
genitive eines des Fehdehandschuhs, Fehdehandschuhes der Fehdehandschuhe, Fehdehandschuh2
dative einem dem Fehdehandschuh, Fehdehandschuhe1 den Fehdehandschuhen, Fehdehandschuh2
accusative einen den Fehdehandschuh die Fehdehandschuhe, Fehdehandschuh2

1Now rare, see notes.
2Archaic in writing, still common in speech.

References

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