FromMiddle High Germanphert,pherit,pferift(“riding horse”), fromOld High Germanpherit,pfarifrit,parafred, fromLate Latinparaverēdus (originally “substitute post horse”). Largely displaced the native wordRoss, except in compounds likeRossknedl orRossfleisch.
Pferd n (pluralPferd,diminutivePfertlorPferterl)
- (zoology)horse(any member of the speciesEquus ferus andEquus ferus caballus)
ein ostfriesischesPferd — an East Frisianhorse.FromMiddle High Germanphert,phærît,pherit,pferift(“riding horse”), fromOld High Germanpherit,pfarifrit,parafred, fromLate Latinparaverēdus (originally “substitute post horse”). Largely displaced the native wordRoss. CompareDutchpaard andEnglishpalfrey.
- IPA(key): /pfeːrt/,[(p)feːɐ̯t](prescriptive standard; overall rare)
- IPA(key): /feːrt/,[feːɐ̯t],[fɛɐ̯t](common in northern and central Germany)
- IPA(key): /pfɛrt/,[pfɛrt],[pfɛɐ̯t](common in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- Homophone:fährt(some speakers)
Pferd n (strong,genitivePferdesorPferds,pluralPferde,diminutivePferdchen norPferdlein norPferdelein norPferdel norPferdl norPferderl norPferdle nor(less common)Pferdli norPferdschen norPferdche norPferdgen nor(less common)Pferdeken n,masculineHengstor(if castrated)Wallach,feminineStute)
- horse
Meine Mutter hat einPferd und das ist sehr süß.- My mother has ahorse and it is very cute.
MeinPferd ist zu schnell.- Myhorse is too fast.
- (chess, informal)knight
- pommel horse
- (slang) awoman
Declension ofPferd [neuter, strong]
(horse):
