• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/hɑːt/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/hɑɹt/

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• Rhymes:-ɑː(ɹ)t
• Homophone:heart

FromMiddle Englishhert, fromOld Englishheorot(“stag”), fromProto-West Germanic*herut, fromProto-Germanic*herutaz (compareDutchhert,GermanHirsch,Danish/Norwegian/Swedishhjort), from Pre-Germanic*kerudos, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱerh₂-(“horn”).

hart (countable anduncountable,pluralhartorharts)

1. (countable) Amaledeer, especially the male of thered 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)

   • c.1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe],Tamburlaine the Great.[…] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London:[…][R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published1592,→OCLC; reprinted asTamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press,1973,→ISBN,Act I, scene ii:

     With milke-whiteHartes vpon an Iuorie ſled,
     Thou ſhalt be drawen amidſt the froſen Pooles,
     And ſcale the yſie mountaines lofty tops:
     Which with thy beautie will be soone reſolu’d.

   • 1612,Michael Drayton, “The thirteenth Song”, in [John Selden], editor,Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London:[…][Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie,→OCLC,page213:

     Then, finding Herds of luſtie Deare, / She Huntreſſe-like theHart purſues;[…]

2. (uncountable) Themeat from this animal.
   • 1891 July 8,L. S., “Twenty Hidden Towns in One State”, inGood Housekeeping […], volume XIII, number2 (154 overall), Springfield, Mass., published1891 August,→OCLC,page95, column 1:

     We are to havehart for dinner on Jack’s birthday; you call it deer in Grenada.

   • 1999, James B[iser] Whisker, “Hunting in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition”, inThe Right to Hunt, revised edition, Bellevue, Wash.: Merril Press,→ISBN,page38:

     The people of Israel knew something of hunting, as in the stories of eatinghart and roebuck, and venison.

   • 2003, Richard D. Taber, Neil F. Payne, “Ancient Warrior-Rulers”, inWildlife, Conservation, and Human Welfare: A United States and Canadian Perspective, Malabar, Fla.: Krieger Publishing Company,→ISBN,page30:

     Still, the people of Israel certainly knew about hunting, because they atehart (red deer) and roe deer.

Seeheart.

hart (pluralharts)

1. Obsolete spelling ofheart.
   • c.1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare,The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London:[…]I[ames] R[oberts] forN[icholas] L[ing] […], published1604,→OCLC, [Act I, scene i],signature B, recto:

     For this reliefe much thanks, tis bitter cold, / And I am ſick athart.

• Arth,Rath,Thar,rath,tahr,thar

FromDutchhart, fromMiddle Dutchherte,harte, fromOld Dutchherta, fromProto-Germanic*hertô, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱḗr.

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hart (pluralharte)

1. heart

• IPA^(key):/ɦɑrt/

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• Hyphenation:hart
• Rhymes:-ɑrt
• Homophone:hard

FromMiddle Dutchherte,harte, fromOld Dutchherta, fromProto-West Germanic*hertā, fromProto-Germanic*hertô, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱḗr.

hart n orf (pluralharten,diminutivehartje n)

1. heart, main muscle pumping blood through the body
2. thecenter point or zone of an object, image etc.
3. thecore oressence of some thing, reasoning etc.
4. compassionate or similar feelings

• Previously the gender of this word could be feminine, which is still reflected infossilized expressions such aster harte nemen, which uses feminine case forms (ter). In modern usage the word is always neuter, however (leaving aside the mentioned fossilized expressions).

• hert,herte

• Afrikaans:hart
• Negerhollands:hert,hart,hat
• → Sranan Tongo:ati
  • → Saramaccan:áti,háti

hart n (pluralharten,diminutivehartje n)

1. (Northern)Archaic form ofhert(“deer”).

Seeharður(“hard, loud”)

hart (neuter ofharður)

1. hard
2. loud

Inherited fromMiddle Frenchhart, fromOld Frenchhart,hard, a borrowing fromFrankish*heʀdā.

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

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hart f (pluralharts)

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

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

FromMiddle High Germanhart,Old High Germanhart, fromProto-West Germanic*hard(ī), fromProto-Germanic*harduz, fromProto-Indo-European*kortús(“strong; powerful”). Cognate withLow Germanhard,hart,Dutchhard,Englishhard,Danishhård.

• IPA^(key):/hart/,[haʁt],[haɐ̯t],[haːt]

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• Homophones:harrt(general),haart(some speakers)

hart (strong nominative masculine singularharter,comparativehärter,superlativeamhärtesten)

1. hard
2. severe,harsh
   • 1981, “Polizisten”, performed by Extrabreit:

     Sie rauchen "Milde Sorte" / Weil–das Leben ist dochhart genug

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   • 2012 May 2,Die Welt, page10:

     Dieharten Einschnitte zum Schuldenabbau standen in vielen EU-Ländern im Zentrum der Kritik der Demonstranten.

     Thesevere cuts for the reduction of debt were in many EU countries at the center of criticism by the protesters.

3. (figurative)unmoved,cold,cruel
   • 1924,Thomas Mann,Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer,page528:

     Seit vier Jahren hier oben, war die Mittellose vonharten Verwandten abhängig, die sie schon einmal, da sie doch sterben müsse, von hier fortgenommen und nur auf Einspruch des Hofrats wieder heraufgeschickt hatten.

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• härten
• Härte

hart

1. hard (with force or effort)

   Sie haben die ganze Wochehart gearbeitet.

   They workedhard all week.

2. sharply,roughly,severely
3. close [withan(+dative)‘to someone/something’]

• “hart” inDuden online
• “hart” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

hart

1. neuternominative/accusative ofharður

Borrowed fromEnglishheart.

• hartas

hart m (genitive singularhairt,nominative pluralhairt)

1. (card games)heart

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

hart

1. h-prothesized form ofart

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

• hert

FromOld Dutchhart.

hart

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

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

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

• Hart(Sylt)

FromOld Frisianherte, fromProto-West Germanic*hertā. Cognates includeWest Frisianhert.

hart n (pluralharten)

1. (Föhr-Amrum,Mooring)heart

   Athart klopet/böget.

   Myheart is beating.

FromProto-West Germanic*hard(ī).

hart (comparativehardiro,superlativehardist)

1. hard

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

• “hart (II)”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012

FromProto-West Germanic*hard(ī), fromProto-Germanic*harduz, whence alsoOld Saxonhard,Old Dutchhart,Old Englishheard,Old Norseharðr,Gothic𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃(hardus). Ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*kert-,*kret-(“strong; powerful”).

hart

1. hard

• hartī

• Middle High German:hart,herte
  • Alemannic German:hert

    Swabian:hirrt

  • Bavarian:hoat
  • Central Franconian:haat
  • German:hart
  • Luxembourgish:haart
  • Yiddish:האַרט(hart)

hart

1. strongneuternominative/accusativesingular ofharðr

Borrowed fromGermanHärte, fromOld High Germanhartī.

• IPA^(key):/ˈxart/

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• Rhymes:-art
• Syllabification:hart
• Homophone:chart

hart m inan

1. strength,resilience,fortitude

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

FromOld Swedishhart, fromOld Swedishharþer, fromOld Norseharðr.Doublet ofhård.

hart (notcomparable)

1. Only used inhart när

• hart inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hart inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• hart inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

FromOld Frisianhert, fromProto-West Germanic*herut.

• IPA^(key):/hat/

hart n (pluralharten,diminutivehartsje)

1. deer

• reahart

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

hart

1. Alternative form ofhearth
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number10, page88:

     Oorehart cam' t' oore mouth, an zo w' all ee green;

     Ourhearts came to our mouth, and so with all in the green;

• 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, published1867,page88