Hader

See also: hader

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hader.

Proper noun

Hader (countable and uncountable, plural Haders)

1. A surname from German.
2. An unincorporated community in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hader is the 35203^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 640 individuals. Hader is most common among White (90.47%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hader”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 110.

Anagrams

• hared, Herda, Rhade, heard, ardeh, rehad, Heard, Daher, -hedra

German

Etymology

Possibly from Old High German hadu- (“battle”), from Proto-Germanic *haþuz. Akin to Old English heaþo-. Other Indo-European cognates include Old Norse hǫð/ hǫðr (“battle”), Irish cath (“battle”), Proto-Slavic *kotera / *kotora (“quarrel, fight”) and Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru, “foe”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Hader m (strong, genitive Haders, no plural)

1. dispute, quarrel
   • 1534, Bible, tr. Martin Luther, Moses 5 1:12:

     Wie kann ich allein solche Mühe und Last und Hader von euch ertragen?

     How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? (King James Version)

   • 1534, Bible, tr. Martin Luther, Moses 5 25:1:

     Wenn ein Hader ist zwischen Männern, so soll man sie vor Gericht bringen und sie richten

     If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them (King James Version)

   • 1801, Friedrich Schiller, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, act 1 scene 9:

     Umarmt euch, Prinzen! / Laßt allen Groll und Hader jetzo schwinden.

     Embrace each other, princes! Let all grudge and quarrel now fade away.

   • 1862, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Die Nibelungen, act 1 scene 2:

     Sie wird das heil'ge Zeichen nicht entweihn, / Das allem Hader unter Menschenkindern / Ein Ende setzte, seit die Erde steht.

     She will not desecrate the holy symbol, which ended all quarrel among mankind since Earth began.

Declension

Declension of Hader [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hader
genitive	eines	des	Haders
dative	einem	dem	Hader
accusative	einen	den	Hader

Derived terms

• hadern

Further reading

• “Hader” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache