English

Alternative forms

• had, haid (Scotland)
• hod, hode

Noun

hade ‎(plural hades)

1. (obsolete) Person (in all senses).
2. (obsolete, biological) Sex; gender.
3. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Order; estate; rank; degree; holy or religious orders.
4. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) State; condition; quality; kind.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hadien, hodien, from Old English hādian ‎(“to ordain, consecrate”), from Old English hād ‎(“rank, order, office, holy office”). See above.

Alternative forms

• hode

Verb

hade ‎(third-person singular simple present hades, present participle hading, simple past and past participle haded)

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

Derived terms

• haded
• hading

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from a dialectal form of head.

Verb

hade ‎(third-person singular simple present hades, present participle hading, simple past and past participle haded)

1. (geology) To slope from the vertical

Noun

hade ‎(plural hades)

1. (geology) The slope of a vein or fault from the vertical; the complement of the dip

Anagrams

• DHEA
• head, Head

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːdə/, [ˈhæːðə]
• Homophone: havde
• Rhymes: -aðə

Verb

hade ‎(imperative had, infinitive at hade, present tense hader, past tense hadede, perfect tense har hadet)

1. to hate

Conjugation

References

• “hade” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhadɛ/

Verb

hade

1. past tense of ha.

   Jag hade en katt en gång i tiden.

   I had a cat once.

2. past tense of hava.