Huld

See also: huld

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hulde, hülde, from Old High German huldī (“friendliness”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulþī. Cognate to Dutch hulde, Icelandic hylli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʊlt/

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Noun

Huld f (genitive Huld, no plural)

1. (dated) favor; goodwill; benevolent regard (to a subject, from someone higher up in social hierarchy)

   jemandem seine Huld erweisen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Christianity, dated) grace (free and undeserved favour, especially of God; divine assistance in resisting sin)

Declension

Declension of Huld [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Huld
genitive	einer	der	Huld
dative	einer	der	Huld
accusative	eine	die	Huld

Synonyms

• Gnade
• Gunst
• Wohlwollen

 

Derived terms

• huldigen
• huldreich
• huldvoll

 

Further reading

• “Huld” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Huld” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Huld” in Duden online
• “Huld” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Huld on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de