Made

See also: made and måde

Dutch

Alternative forms

• De Maj (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as die made in 1321. Derived from Middle Dutch made (“pasture, hayfield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːdə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ma‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə
• Homophone: made

Proper noun

Made n

1. A village in Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Madenaar
• Mades
• Made en Drimmelen

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Estonian

Proper noun

Made

1. a female given name derived from biblical Magdaleena (“Magdalene”)
2. a surname derived from the female given name, and from the male given name Matteus (“Matthew”)

Related terms

• Madli
• Madis, Mati, Mattias

German

Etymology

From Middle High German made, from Old High German mado, from Proto-West Germanic *maþō. Originally a masculine; the feminine gender is of Central and Low German origin (Middle Low German māde f).

Cognates

Cognate with Dutch made, English maddock and maggot, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (maþa), Old Norse maðkr (Danish maddik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːdə/

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

Made f (genitive Made, plural Maden)

1. maggot (soft, legless larva)

Declension

Declension of Made [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Made	die	Maden
genitive	einer	der	Made	der	Maden
dative	einer	der	Made	den	Maden
accusative	eine	die	Made	die	Maden

Derived terms

• Madenschraube
• madig
• wie die Made im Speck leben

 

Further reading

• “Made” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Made” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Made” in Duden online
• “Made” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Made on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de