Herd
See also: herd
English edit
Proper noun edit
Herd
- A surname.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German hert, from Old High German herd, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ. Cognate with Dutch haard, English hearth.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Herd m (strong, genitive Herdes or Herds, plural Herde)
- cooker; stove
- Der Herd besteht aus einem Ofen und vier Herdplatten.
- The cooker consists of an oven and four rings.
- (by restriction) hob; cooktop
- Synonym: Kochfeld (rarely in everyday use)
- Der Ofen ist aus, aber der Herd ist noch an.
- The oven is off, but the hob is still on.
- Eine Sekunde! Ich hab was auf dem Herd.
- One second! I have something [cooking] on the hob.
- (dated, except in Herdfeuer) fireplace, hearth
- Synonyms: (offener) Kamin, Feuerstätte
- Abends saßen sie alle am Herd und wärmten ihre Glieder.
- In the evening they all sat by the hearth and warmed their limbs.
- (figuratively) the household as the traditional workplace of women
- Frauen gehören an den Herd.
- Women belong in the household.
- (figuratively) hotbed, place where something (negative) spreads from
- Synonyms: Brutstätte, Hochburg
- Diese Region ist ein Herd der Unruhe.
- This region is a hotbed of unrest.
Declension edit
Declension of Herd [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms edit
- Herdfeuer, Herdflamme, Herdplatte, Herdprämie
- Elektroherd, Gasherd, Mikrowellenherd, Sparherd
- Herdbekämpfung, Herdbeseitigung
- Brandherd, Infektionsherd, Konfliktherd
Further reading edit
- “Herd” in Duden online
- “Herd” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Herd”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891