Herd

See also herd

German

Etymology

From Old High German herd, from Proto-Germanic *herþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“heat; fire”). Cognate with English hearth, Dutch haard, Swedish härd.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [heːɐ̯t]

Noun

Herd m (genitive Herds or Herdes, plural Herde)

1. stove, hearth

Declension

declension of Herd

	singular			plural
m gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Herd	die	Herde
genitive	eines	des	Herdes, Herds	der	Herde
dative	einem	dem	Herd, Herde (archaic)	den	Herden
accusative	einen	den	Herd	die	Herde

Derived terms

• Brandherd
• Herdplatte
• Herdprämie
• Infektionsherd