hode

• had, hade, haid

From Middle English hoden, hodien, from Old English hādian (“to ordain, consecrate”), from Old English hād (“rank, order, office, holy office”). More at hade (“state, order, rank”).

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /həʊd/
• (General American, US) IPA^(key): /hoʊd/
• Rhymes: -əʊd

hode (third-person singular simple present hodes, present participle hoding, simple past and past participle hoded)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.

• hoed, ohed

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦodɛ]

hode

1. vocative singular of hod

hode n (singular definite hodet, plural indefinite hoder)

1. Pronunciation spelling of hoved (“head”).

• Norwegian Bokmål: hode

Borrowed from Papiamentu hode.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔˈdɛ/
• Hyphenation: ho‧de

hode

1. (Netherlands, slang) Used to convey surprise: holy shit; bloody hell
   • 2018, “In A Way”, performed by BKO:

     Zeg hem jij komt niet bij mij, no way // To-toch geef ik ze een kans, hode.

     Tell him you're not coming to me, no way // St-still I'mma give her a chance, holy shit.

   • 2019, “Hode”, performed by Jintra:

     Ben ik een gangster, dan zeg ik: Hode // Ben jij een rapper, dan zeg je: Hode

     Am I a gangster, then I'll say: Hot damn // Are you a rapper, then you'll say: Hot damn

   • 2019, “Van Vliet”, performed by Dv:

     Wordt kanker heet van die boetes // Die bitch moet pijpen niet smoelen (Hode)

     It's getting hot as fuck from all those fines // That bitch should suck not blabber (Damn)

From Proto-Germanic *huþô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦoːdə/
• Hyphenation: ho‧de

hode f (plural hoden, diminutive hoodje n)

1. (archaic) testicle

From a monster name in Ragnarok Online which have similar appearance to a penis. Popularized in online game Ayodance. Probably related to German Hode (“testicle”) and its ancestor Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to cover, hide”).

• IPA^(key): [ho.dɛ]
• Hyphenation: ho‧de

hode (plural hode-hode, first-person possessive hodeku, second-person possessive hodemu, third-person possessive hodenya)

1. (Internet slang) male-to-female cross-player:
   1. a male player with women digital avatar, especially for fun.
   2. a male pretend to be a female, especially for scamming

From hood (noun).

hode

1. Alternative form of hoden (“to hood”)

From Old English hōd.

hode

1. Alternative form of hood (“hood”)

From Old English hād.

hode

1. Alternative form of hod

From Danish hoved, from Old Danish houæth, from Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą, *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput- (“head”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hovud, Swedish huvud, Icelandic höfuð, English head, Dutch hoofd, German Haupt.

The form hode goes back to a pronunciation in 19th-century Copenhagen Danish. Compare the contemporary standard [ˈhoːð̩], which could also stand for *hode.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːdə/

hode n (definite singular hodet, indefinite plural hoder, definite plural hoda or hodene)

1. head

• hoved- (used in numerous compounds)
• hovud, hovud- (Nynorsk)

• “hode” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Norwegian Bokmål hode, from the Copenhagen pronunciation of Danish hoved. Partially replaced South East Norwegian dialectal hue (< huvu, hugu) in recent years.

hode n (definite singular hodet, indefinite plural hode, definite plural hoda)

1. (rare and nonstandard) alternative form of hovud (“head”)
   • 1975, Hoem, Edvard, Anna Lena, Oslo: Samlaget, page 13:

     Ein hyssingfloke er limt på hodet hans til hår

     A tangle of string is glued to his head as hair

hode

1. locative singular of hod