Feminine
Gnade
Meaning
- (feminine, uncountable) grace, mercy, graciousness
- (countable, feminine) a grace, an act of mercy or graciousness; something good that one cannot control or does not deserve
- (feminine) pardon, clemency
Concepts
debt of gratitude
special privilege
act of grace
Synonyms
Lieblichkeit
Lossprechung
Sündenerlass
wohlwollende Unterstützung
Gnadenbezeigung
Begnadigungsrecht
Bevorzugung
Translations
grâce
gracia
genade
graça
grazia
χάρηFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
gnaad
Basel-Landschaft
gnood
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡnaːdə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German gnāde, genāde, from Old High German gināda, reconstructible as Proto-West Germanic *ganāþu; o-construct of a verb attested only in Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (niþan, “to help”), from Proto-Germanic *nēþō, from Proto-Indo-European *nēt-eh₂-. Compare Dutch genade, Old Saxon gināða, nāða.
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