hart

hart

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hɑɹt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
  • Homophone: heart

Etymology 1

From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of Heorot.

Noun

hart (countable and uncountable, plural hart or harts)

  1. (countable) A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
    Synonyms: buck; stag (sometimes hyponymous)
    Hypernyms: red deer; deer; cervid; ungulate
    Hyponyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, pricket, spitter
    Coordinate term: hind (the female)
  2. (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

See heart.

Noun

hart (plural harts)

  1. Obsolete spelling of heart.

Anagrams

  • Arth, Rath, Thar, rath, tahr, thar

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hart, from Middle Dutch herte, harte, from Old Dutch herta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Pronunciation

Noun

hart (plural harte)

  1. heart

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɑrt/
  • Hyphenation: hart
  • Rhymes: -ɑrt
  • Homophone: hard

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch herte, harte, from Old Dutch herta, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Noun

hart n or f (plural harten, diminutive hartje n)

  1. heart, main muscle pumping blood through the body
  2. the center point or zone of an object, image etc.
  3. the core or essence of some thing, reasoning etc.
  4. compassionate or similar feelings
Usage notes
  • Previously the gender of this word could be feminine, which is still reflected in fossilized expressions such as ter harte nemen, which uses feminine case forms (ter). In modern usage the word is always neuter, however (leaving aside the mentioned fossilized expressions).
Alternative forms
  • hert, herte
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: hart
  • Negerhollands: hert, hart, hat
  • → Sranan Tongo: ati
    • → Saramaccan: áti, háti

Etymology 2

Noun

hart n (plural harten, diminutive hartje n)

  1. (Northern) archaic form of hert (“deer”)

Faroese

Etymology

See harður (“hard, loud”)

Adjective

hart (neuter of harður)

  1. hard
  2. loud

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French hart, from Old French hart, hard, a borrowing from Frankish *heʀdā.

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aʁ/, /aʁt/

Noun

hart f (plural harts)

  1. (archaic) cord, rope; halter (hangman's rope)

Further reading

  • “hart”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hart, Old High German hart, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kortús (“strong; powerful”). Cognate with Low German hard, hart, Dutch hard, English hard, Danish hård.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hart/, [haʁt], [haɐ̯t], [haːt]
  • Homophones: harrt (general), haart (some speakers)

Adjective

hart (strong nominative masculine singular harter, comparative härter, superlative am härtesten)

  1. hard
  2. severe, harsh
  3. (figurative) unmoved, cold, cruel

Declension

Derived terms

  • härten
  • Härte

Adverb

hart

  1. hard (with force or effort)
  2. sharply, roughly, severely
  3. close [with an (+ dative) ‘to someone/something’]

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Adjective

hart

  1. neuter nominative/accusative of harður

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English heart.

Alternative forms

  • hartas

Noun

hart m (genitive singular hairt, nominative plural hairt)

  1. (card games) heart
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hart

  1. h-prothesized form of art

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “hart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

  • hert

Etymology

From Old Dutch hart.

Adjective

hart

  1. hard (not soft)
  2. solid, sturdy
  3. hard, harsh, cruel

Inflection

Descendants

  • Dutch: hard
    • Jersey Dutch: hārd
    • Negerhollands: hart
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: hardt

Further reading

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

North Frisian

Alternative forms

  • Hart (Sylt)

Etymology

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

Noun

hart n (plural harten)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) heart

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī).

Adjective

hart (comparative hardiro, superlative hardist)

  1. hard

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: hart, hert
    • Dutch: hard
      • Jersey Dutch: hārd
      • Negerhollands: hart
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: hardt

Further reading

  • “hart (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • herti

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, whence also Old Saxon hard, Old Dutch hart, Old English heard, Old Norse harðr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- (“strong; powerful”).

Adjective

hart

  1. hard, firm
  2. steadfast, firm in character or opinion; insistent
  3. difficult to endure, severe, oppressive
  4. hard to do
  5. strong, intense

Declension

Derived terms

  • einhart (adjective)
  • hartī

Descendants

  • Middle High German: hart, herte
    • Alemannic German: hert
      Swabian: hirrt
    • Bavarian: hoat
    • Central Franconian: haat
    • German: hart
    • Luxembourgish: haart
    • Yiddish: האַרט (hart)

References

  • Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth, Frings, Theodor, et al., editors (1952–2022), “hart”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig

Old Norse

Adjective

hart

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of harðr

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Härte, from Old High German hartī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxart/
  • Rhymes: -art
  • Syllabification: hart
  • Homophone: chart

Noun

hart m inan

  1. strength, resilience, fortitude

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hart in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hart in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hart, from Old Swedish harþer, from Old Norse harðr. Doublet of hård.

Adverb

hart (not comparable)

  1. only used in hart när

References

  • hart in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • hart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • hart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hert, from Proto-West Germanic *herut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hat/

Noun

hart n (plural harten, diminutive hartsje)

  1. deer

Derived terms

  • reahart

Further reading

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

Yola

Noun

hart

  1. alternative form of hearth

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 88

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