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German

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːɡəˌʃtɔlt͡s/
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Noun

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Hagestolz m (strong, genitive Hagestolzes, plural Hagestolze)

  1. (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

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Further reading

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  • Hagestolz” in Duden online
  • Hagestolz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Hagestolz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon