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German
Etymology
From Middle High German hurt (genitive hürde), from Old High German hurt (“wickerwork”). The modern form is generalized from the Middle High German inflected forms. The consonantism -d- is already normal in written Middle High German, thus due to irregular re-voicing. The expected form hürte is, however, quite common in early modern German; -d- prevails, possibly under the re-inforcing influence of Low German (compare Middle Low German hurde).
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Noun
Hürde f (genitive Hürde, plural Hürden)
- (sports or figurative) hurdle
2023 August 30, Esther Geißlinger, “Flensburger Baupläne stocken: Das fehlende Formular”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Geht es schief, wäre es nicht das erste Mal, dass die Flensburger Verwaltung ein Großprojekt plant, ohne alle rechtlichen und formalen Hürden aus dem Weg zu räumen […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (dated) fold, hurdle (frame of wattled twigs, etc., used for enclosing land)
- Synonym: Flechtzaun
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