Feminine
Halde
- (feminine) spoil heap (heap formed from discarded material)
- (colloquial, feminine) spoil heap (heap formed from discarded material)
- (feminine, poetic) hill or its slope
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhal.də/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German halde, from Old High German halda, from hald, from a formation related to Proto-Germanic *halþaz (“sloping, inclined”) (from the slanted nature of large heaps). Other theories derive the word from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”).
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