Ode

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ode"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from North German and Swedish Ode.

Proper noun

Ode (plural Odes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ode is the 41501^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 524 individuals. Ode is most common among White (78.24%) and Black/African American (10.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ode”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Ode f (genitive Ode, plural Oden)

1. ode, poem of a certain type

Declension

Declension of Ode [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ode	die	Oden
genitive	einer	der	Ode	der	Oden
dative	einer	der	Ode	den	Oden
accusative	eine	die	Ode	die	Oden

Further reading

• “Ode” in Duden online
• “Ode” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache