Hagestolz

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German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German hagestolz, modified by the adjective underlying stolz from hagestolt, hagestalt, from Old High German hagastalt, hagustalt, from Proto-West Germanic *hagustald, Proto-Germanic *hagustaldaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaːɡəˌʃtɔlt͡s/
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Noun

Hagestolz m (strong, genitive Hagestolzes, plural Hagestolze)

(dated) confirmed bachelor
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Garten”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎^[1]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:
  Die armen Weiber sind doch übel dran: / Ein Hagestolz ist schwerlich zu bekehren.
  Yes, the poor women are bad off, 'tis true: / A stubborn bachelor there's no converting.

Declension

Declension of Hagestolz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hagestolz	die	Hagestolze
genitive	eines	des	Hagestolzes	der	Hagestolze
dative	einem	dem	Hagestolz, Hagestolze¹	den	Hagestolzen
accusative	einen	den	Hagestolz	die	Hagestolze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

Hag