Horde

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See also: horde and hörde

German

Etymology

Likely from Polish horda, from Russian орда́ (ordá, “horde, clan, troop”), which may come directly from Mongolian or from West Turkic (compare Tatar урда (urda, “horde”), Turkish ordu (“camp, army”)), from Mongolian орду (ordu, “court, camp, horde”); akin to Kalmyk орда (orda).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɔʁdə/, (Germany)
IPA^(key): /ˈhɔʁdɛ/, , (Austria)
Audio (Austria): (file)

Noun

Horde f (genitive Horde, plural Horden)

horde
(of monkeys) troop

Declension

Declension of Horde

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Horde	die	Horden
genitive	einer	der	Horde	der	Horden
dative	einer	der	Horde	den	Horden
accusative	eine	die	Horde	die	Horden

Derived terms

hordenweise

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