hert

See also: Hert and hert.

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German hart, herte, from Old High German hart.

Cognates

Cognate with German hart, Low German hard, hart, Dutch hard, English hard, Danish hård.

Adjective

hert

1. (Uri) hard

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 6.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛrt/

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• Hyphenation: hert
• Rhymes: -ɛrt
• Homophone: Hert

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hert, from Old Dutch hirot, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

Noun

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertje n)

1. A deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae; sometimes used of members of the families Moschidae and Tragulidae in non-scientific use (see derived terms).
   • 1773, Genootschap Laus Deo, Salus Populo, "Psalm 42" (modernised spelling).

     't Hijgend hert der jacht ontkomen, schreeuwt niet sterker naar 't genot, van de frisse waterstromen, dan mijn ziel verlangt naar God.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Venison, the meat of a deer.

Alternative forms

• hart

Derived terms

• damhert
• dwerghert
• edelhert
• hertenbok
• hertenkamp
• hertshooi
• muskushert
• reehert
• schijnhert
• vliegend hert

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hert

Etymology 2

Noun

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertje n)

1. (Southern) Alternative form of hart (“heart”).

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch hirut, hirot.

Noun

hert m or n

1. deer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• hēert

Descendants

• Dutch: hert, hart
  • Afrikaans: hert
• Limburgish: hèrtj

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *herth, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ.

Noun

hert m

1. hearth, fireplace

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• hāert
• hēert

Descendants

• Dutch: haard
• Limburgish: haerdj

Further reading

• “hert (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “hert (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hert (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hert (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English heorot.

Alternative forms

• harte, hartt, heert, heort

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛrt/, /hɛːrt/

Noun

hert (plural hertes)

1. A hart (red deer, usually the male)
2. A depiction of a hart, including in heraldry.

Descendants

• English: hart
• Scots: hert

References

• “hert, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-05.

Etymology 2

Noun

hert

1. Alternative form of herte

Etymology 3

Noun

hert

1. Alternative form of herde (“herder”)

Etymology 4

Noun

hert

1. Alternative form of hird (“household”)

Etymology 5

Noun

hert

1. Alternative form of hurt

Old Norse

Participle

hert

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of herðr

Verb

hert

1. supine of herða

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English herte.

Noun

hert (plural herts)

1. heart

Alternative forms

• haert
• hairt

References

• “hert, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian herte, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛt/

Noun

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertsje)

1. heart

Further reading

• “hert (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English heren, from Old English hīeran, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːt/
• Homophone: hearth

Verb

hert

1. heard
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 8-9:

     wee hert ee zough o'ye colure o' pace na name o' Mulgrave.

     we heard the distant sound of the wings of the dove of peace, in the word Mulgrave.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116