hert

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

hert

1. (Uri) hard

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

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛrt/

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• Hyphenation: hert
• Rhymes: -ɛrt

From Middle Dutch hert, from Old Dutch hirot, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz.

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertje n)

1. deer (a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves, or their meat)

• hart

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

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertje n)

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

From Old Dutch hirot, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz.

hert m or n

1. deer

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• hēert

• Dutch: hert
• Limburgish: hèrtj

From Old Dutch *herth, from Proto-Germanic *herþaz.

hert m

1. hearth, fireplace

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• hāert
• hēert

• Dutch: haard
• Limburgish: haerdj

• “hert (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “hert (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “hert (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “hert (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old English heorot, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz.

• heort, heert, harte, hartt

• IPA^(key): /hɛrt/, /hɛːrt/

hert (plural hertes)

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

• English: hart
• Scots: hert

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

From Old English heorte.

hert

1. Alternative form of herte

From Middle English herte, from Old English heorte, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

hert (plural herts)

1. heart

From Old Frisian herte, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

• IPA^(key): /hɛt/

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertsje)

1. heart

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