metod

See also: Metod

Old English

Alternative forms

meted, metud, meotod, meotud

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 (“God, fate”), Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“fate, dispenser of fate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈme.tod/

Noun

metod m

(rare, usually in compounds) fate, destiny; death
(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

Related terms

metan

Old High German

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Alternative forms

mezzōt

Noun

mëtod m

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 (2014), “metod”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 6th edition

Romanian

Noun

metod n (plural metoduri)

alternative form of metodă

Declension

	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

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

Declension

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

Related terms

Descendants

→ Finnish: metodi

References

“metod”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“metod”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“metod”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

modet