metod

See also: Metod

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *metōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). The word may originally have indicated "fate, destiny". Compare Old Saxon metod (“creator, God”), Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“God; fate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.tod/

Noun

metod m

  1. (rare, usually in compounds) fate, destiny; death
  2. (poetic) maker, creator; God
    • 10th century, The Wanderer‎[1]:
      Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
      Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
      A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
      Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative metod metodas
accusative metod metodas
genitive metodes metoda
dative metode metodum

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • mezzōt

Noun

mëtod m

  1. God

Declension

Declension of mëtod (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative mëtod mëtodā, mëtoda
accusative mëtod mëtodā, mëtoda
genitive mëtodes mëtodo
dative mëtode mëtodum
instrumental mëtodu —

References

  • Braune, Wilhelm, Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
  • Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Romanian

Noun

metod n (plural metoduri)

  1. alternative form of metodă

Declension

Declension of metod
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative metod metodul metoduri metodurile
genitive-dative metod metodului metoduri metodurilor
vocative metodule metodurilor

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈtuːd/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

metod c

  1. a method (process by which a task is completed)
  2. (object-oriented programming) a method

Declension

Declension of metod
nominative genitive
singular indefinite metod metods
definite metoden metodens
plural indefinite metoder metoders
definite metoderna metodernas

Descendants

  • → Finnish: metodi

References

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