English Online Dictionary. What means hart? What does hart mean?
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”).
Noun
hart (countable and uncountable, plural hart or harts)
- (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)
- (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
See heart.
Noun
hart (plural harts)
- 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)
- 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)
- heart, main muscle pumping blood through the body
- the center point or zone of an object, image etc.
- the core or essence of some thing, reasoning etc.
- 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)
- (Northern) Archaic form of hert (“deer”).
Faroese
Etymology
See harður (“hard, loud”)
Adjective
hart (neuter of harður)
- hard
- 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)
- (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)
- hard
- severe, harsh
- (figurative) unmoved, cold, cruel
Declension
Derived terms
- härten
- Härte
Adverb
hart
- hard (with force or effort)
- sharply, roughly, severely
- close [with an (+ dative) ‘to someone/something’]
Further reading
- “hart” in Duden online
- “hart” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Icelandic
Adjective
hart
- neuter nominative/accusative of harður
Irish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English heart.
Alternative forms
- hartas
Noun
hart m (genitive singular hairt, nominative plural hairt)
- (card games) heart
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
hart
- 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
- hard (not soft)
- solid, sturdy
- 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)
- (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) heart
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī).
Adjective
hart (comparative hardiro, superlative hardist)
- hard
Inflection
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: hart, hert
- Dutch: hard
- Jersey Dutch: hārd
- Negerhollands: hart
- Skepi Creole Dutch: hardt
- Dutch: hard
Further reading
- “hart (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
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
- hard
Derived terms
- hartī
Descendants
- Middle High German: hart, herte
- Alemannic German: hert
- Swabian: hirrt
- Bavarian: hoat
- Central Franconian: haat
- German: hart
- Luxembourgish: haart
- Yiddish: האַרט (hart)
- Alemannic German: hert
Old Norse
Adjective
hart
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- deer
Derived terms
- reahart
Further reading
- “hart (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Noun
hart
- 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