Gelechenheed

Gelechenheed

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • Gelechenheid
  • Gelechenheet, Gelechenheit (Altenhofen spelling)
  • keleechenheet (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gelegenheit.[1] By surface analysis, gelegen +‎ -heed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈleçənˌheːt/
  • Rhymes: -eːt
  • Syllabification: Ge‧le‧chen‧heed

Noun

Gelechenheed f (plural Gelechenheede)

  1. opportunity
    • 2021, Piter Kehoma Boll, “Gelechenheed”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 64, column 2:
      Deer hod die Gelechenheed ferbassd […]
      You missed the opportunity.
    • 2022 November, Naye Testamënt Tswaayxproochich [Bilingual New Testament], Barueri: Sociedade Bíblica do Brasil, →ISBN, Mateus 26:16:
      Un fon too aan foran hot Yuutas en keleechenheet kesuucht fer Yeesus ap se kewe.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  1. ^ Boll (2021), page 64: “Gelechenheed”
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