# Herz
## Bavarian
### Etymology

From Middle High German herze, from Old High German herza. Cognate with German Herz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /heɐ̯t͡s/

### Noun

Herz n (plural Herzen or Herzn)
* heart
* (card games) hearts

#### Inflection

* Dat.Sg.: Herzen or Herz

### See also

German suits in Bavarian · 's Deitsche Blatt (layout · text) :
| Herz | Schelln | Groos | Oachl |

## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦɛrs]

### Proper noun

Herz m anim (female equivalent Herzová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
## German
### Alternative forms

* Herze, Hertz (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle High German herze, from Old High German herza, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).
Cognate with Dutch hart, English heart, Danish hjerte, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛrts/, [hɛʁt͡s], [hɛɐ̯t͡s]
* Audio (Germany):(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Homophone: Hertz

### Noun

Herz n (weak, genitive Herzens or (very rare) Herzes, plural Herzen, diminutive Herzchen n or Herzlein n or ((also) Ruhrpöttisch) Herzken n)
* heart
* (card games) hearts
* sweetheart, darling

#### Usage notes

* Herz has irregular singular declension and is the only noun of its kind.
   * The genitive singular takes the ending -ens: des Herzens. The form des Herzes is less common and only used in medicine.
   * The dative singular traditionally takes -en: dem Herzen. This form is still the only accepted standard form in many—more or less fixed—expressions, such as im Herzen, von Herzen, zu Herzen, Operation am offenen Herzen (“open-heart surgery”), mit halbem Herzen (“half-heartedly”), and others.
       Only the bare form dem Herz is common when referring to a card suit, as a term of endearment, and in the phrase mit Herz (“good-hearted”).
       Otherwise, the forms dem Herzen and dem Herz are both acceptable. The latter is predominant in speech, while the former remains the more established form in writing.

#### Declension

$^1$Rare. $^2$As a card suit or term of endearment, otherwise informal.

#### Derived terms

* Athletenherz
* beherzt
* Bruderherz
* Hand aufs Herz
* Herz-Jesu-Bild
* herzallerliebst
* herzbewegend
* Herzblatt
* Herzblut
* Herzbube
* Herzchen
* Herzchirurgie
* Herzdame
* herzhaft
* herzig
* Herzinfarkt m (“heart attack”)
* Herzinsuffizienz
* Herzkammer
* Herzklabaster
* Herzklaps
* Herzkönig
* Herzkrankheit
* herzlich
* herzlos
* Herzrhythmusstörung
* Herzschild
* Herzschlag
* Herzstillstand
* Herzton
* Herzversagen
* jemandem am Herzen liegen
* kaltherzig
* Schwesterherz
* Sportherz
* Sportlerherz
* von ganzem Herzen (“wholeheartedly”)
* zu Herzen nehmen (“to take to heart”)

#### Descendants

* → Macedonian: херц m (herc)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: хе̏рц m
    Latin script: hȅrc m

### See also

* Kardia
Suits in German · Farbe (layout · text) :
| Herz | Karo | Pik, Schippe | Kreuz, Treff |
German suits in German · das Deutsche Blatt (layout · text) :
| Herz, Rot | Schellen | Laub, Grün | Eichel, Eckern |

### Further reading

* “Herz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Herz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Herz” in Duden online
* “Herz” in OpenThesaurus.de
* Herz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Hunsrik
### Alternative forms

* Hetz

### Etymology

From Central Franconian Hätz, from Middle High German herze, from Old High German herza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛt͡s/

### Noun

Herz n (plural Herze, diminutive Herzje)
* heart
    Mein Herz dud weh.My heart hurts.

### Further reading

* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Herz”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 75