Gelechenheed

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gelegenheit. 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)