hode

English

Alternative forms

• had, hade, haid

Etymology

From Middle English hoden, hodien, from Old English hādian (“to ordain, consecrate”), from Old English hād (“rank, order, office, holy office”). More at hade (“state, order, rank”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /həʊd/

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• (General American, US) IPA^(key): /hoʊd/
• Rhymes: -əʊd

Verb

hode (third-person singular simple present hodes, present participle hoding, simple past and past participle hoded)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.

Anagrams

• hoed, ohed

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

hode

1. vocative singular of hod

Danish

Noun

hode n (singular definite hodet, plural indefinite hoder)

1. Pronunciation spelling of hoved (“head”).

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: hode

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Papiamentu hode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔˈdɛ/
• Hyphenation: ho‧de

Interjection

hode

1. (Netherlands, slang) Used to convey surprise: holy shit; bloody hell
   • 2018, “In A Way”, performed by BKO:

     Zeg hem jij komt niet bij mij, no way // To-toch geef ik ze een kans, hode.

     Tell him you're not coming to me, no way // St-still I'mma give her a chance, holy shit.

   • 2019, “Hode”, performed by Jintra:

     Ben ik een gangster, dan zeg ik: Hode // Ben jij een rapper, dan zeg je: Hode

     Am I a gangster, then I'll say: Hot damn // Are you a rapper, then you'll say: Hot damn

   • 2019, “Van Vliet”, performed by Dv:

     Wordt kanker heet van die boetes // Die bitch moet pijpen niet smoelen (Hode)

     It's getting hot as fuck from all those fines // That bitch should suck not blabber (Damn)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hōde, from Old Dutch *hotho, from Proto-West Germanic , from Proto-Germanic *huþô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦoːdə/
• Hyphenation: ho‧de

Noun

hode f (plural hoden, diminutive hoodje n)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (archaic) testicle

Indonesian

Etymology

From a monster name in Ragnarok Online which have similar appearance to a penis. Popularized in online game Ayodance. Probably related to German Hode (“testicle”) and its ancestor Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ho‧de

Noun

hode (plural hode-hode, first-person possessive hodeku, second-person possessive hodemu, third-person possessive hodenya)

1. (Internet slang) male-to-female cross-player:
   1. a male player with women digital avatar, especially for fun.
   2. a male pretend to be a female, especially for scamming

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hotho, from Proto-West Germanic *hoþō, from Proto-Germanic *huþô.

Noun

hōde f

1. testicle
   • ca. 1475, Reinaerts historie, page 325, lines 7336–7337:

     ende grepen, recht als was sijn meen, // al vast bi beide sijn hoden,

     and he grabbed, as it was his common right, // tight at both his testicles,

References

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hode”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From hood (noun).

Verb

hode

1. Alternative form of hoden (“to hood”)

Etymology 2

From Old English hōd.

Noun

hode

1. Alternative form of hood (“hood”)

Etymology 3

From Old English hād.

Noun

hode

1. Alternative form of hod

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Danish hoved, from Old Danish houæth, from Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą, *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput- (“head”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hovud, Swedish huvud, Icelandic höfuð, English head, Dutch hoofd, German Haupt.

The form hode goes back to a pronunciation in 19th-century Copenhagen Danish. Compare the contemporary standard , which could also stand for *hode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːdə/

Noun

hode n (definite singular hodet, indefinite plural hoder, definite plural hoda or hodene)

1. head

Derived terms

See also

• hoved- (used in numerous compounds)
• hovud, hovud- (Nynorsk)

References

• “hode” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Norwegian Bokmål hode, from the Copenhagen pronunciation of Danish hoved. Partially replaced South East Norwegian dialectal hue (< huvu, hugu) in recent years.

Noun

hode n (definite singular hodet, indefinite plural hode, definite plural hoda)

1. (rare and nonstandard) alternative form of hovud (“head”)
   • 1975, Edvard Hoem, Anna Lena, Oslo: Samlaget, page 13:

     Ein hyssingfloke er limt på hodet hans til hår

     A tangle of string is glued to his head as hair

Slovak

Noun

hode

1. locative singular of hod