Horde

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔrdə/, [ˈhɔɐ̯.də], [ˈhɔʁ-], [ˈhɔr-], (southern also) [-d̥e], (Austria also) [-d̥ɛ]

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From Late Middle High German horde (15th c.), from Old Polish orda, from Old East Slavic [script needed] (orda), itself from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠳ᠋ᠤ (ordu) or from a Kipchak language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“camp”).

Horde f (genitive Horde, plural Horden)

1. horde
2. troop of monkeys

Low German, to a lesser degree also Central German, variant. From Middle Low German hōrt, hōrde and northern Middle High German horde, both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hurdi, *hurþi.

Horde f (genitive Horde, plural Horden)

1. alternative form of Hürde
   1. rack on which fruit and vegetables are stored or dried
   2. (agriculture, forestry) mobile fencing element, hurdle
2. (regional) crate, box of wooden slats

   Synonyms: Lattenkiste, Stiege

• Many dictionaries prescribe a distinction: Horde in sense 1.1 and Hürde in sense 1.2, but this is at most a tendency. See Hürde for more.
• Horde is never used in sports contexts.