Hagedorn

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hagedorn, from Old High German hagudorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːɡəˌdɔʁn/

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• Hyphenation: Ha‧ge‧dorn

Noun

Hagedorn m (strong, genitive Hagedornes or Hagedorns, plural Hagedorne)

1. hawthorn

Declension

Declension of Hagedorn [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hagedorn	die	Hagedorne
genitive	eines	des	Hagedornes, Hagedorns	der	Hagedorne
dative	einem	dem	Hagedorn, Hagedorne1	den	Hagedornen
accusative	einen	den	Hagedorn	die	Hagedorne

¹Now rare, see notes.

References

• “Hagedorn” in Duden online
• “Hagedorn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Hagedorn”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• “Hagedorn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon