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huldigen
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German huldigen. By surface analysis, hulde + -igen. Compare Middle Dutch hulden, meaning the same.
Pronunciation
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Verb
huldigen
- (transitive) to pay homage, honour
Conjugation
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Descendants
- → West Frisian: huldigje
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “huldigen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German huldigen. By surface analysis, Huld + -igen.
Pronunciation
Verb
huldigen (weak, third-person singular present huldigt, past tense huldigte, past participle gehuldigt, auxiliary haben)
- [with dative] to pay homage, honour
- 1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches […] [Human, All Too Human], section 110:
- Er selbst war darin ein nur zu folgsamer Schüler der wissenschaftlichen Lehrer seiner Zeit, welche allesammt der Romantik huldigten und dem Geiste der Aufklärung abgeschworen hatten; […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Huldiger, Huldigung
Related terms
Descendants
- → Dutch: huldigen
- → West Frisian: huldigje
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