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From Proto-Germanic *metōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (to measure). The word may originally have indicated "fate, destiny". Compare Old Saxon metod (creator, God), Old Norse mjǫtuðr (God; fate).

metod m

  1. (poetic) maker, creator; God
    • 10th century, The Wanderer[1]:

      Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
      Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ

      A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
      Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful

Declension of metod (strong a-stem)

mëtod m

  1. God

Declension of mëtod (masculine a-stem)

  1. Braune, Wilhelm, Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
  2. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

metod n (plural metoduri)

  1. Alternative form of metodă

Borrowed from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos).

metod c

  1. a method (process by which a task is completed)
  2. (object-oriented programming) a method
Declension of metod 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative metod metoden metoder metoderna
Genitive metods metodens metoders metodernas