metod

Old English

Alternative forms

• meted, metud, meotod, meotud

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *metōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). The word may originally have indicated "fate, destiny". Compare Old Saxon metod (“creator, God”), Old Norse mjǫtuðr (“God; fate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.tod/

Noun

metod m

1. (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

Declension of metod (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	metod	metodas
accusative	metod	metodas
genitive	metodes	metoda
dative	metode	metodum

Old High German

Alternative forms

• *meȥȥot

Noun

mëtod m

1. God

Declension

Declension of mëtod (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	mëtod	mëtoda
accusative	mëtod	mëtoda
genitive	mëtodes	mëtodo
dative	mëtode	mëtodum
instrumental	mëtodu	—

References

1. Braune, Wilhelm, Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
2. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Romanian

Noun

metod n (plural metoduri)

1. Alternative form of metodă

Declension

Declension of metod

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) metod	metodul	(niște) metoduri	metodurile
genitive/dative	(unui) metod	metodului	(unor) 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

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

Declension

Declension of metod

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

Related terms

• metodik
• metodiker
• metodisk
• metodologi

Descendants

• → Finnish: metodi

References

• metod in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• metod in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• metod in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• modet