# hert
## Alemannic German
### Etymology

From Middle High German hart, herte, from Old High German hart.
Cognate with German hart, Low German hard, hart, Dutch hard, English hard, Danish hård.

### Adjective

hert
* (Uri) hard

### References

* Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 6.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɛrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: hert
* Rhymes: -ɛrt
* Homophone: Hert

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hert, from Old Dutch hirut, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

#### Noun

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertje n)
* a deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae; sometimes used of members of the families Moschidae and Tragulidae in non-scientific use (see derived terms)
** 1773, Genootschap Laus Deo, Salus Populo, "Psalm 42" (modernised spelling).
    't Hijgend hert der jacht ontkomen, schreeuwt niet sterker naar 't genot, van de frisse waterstromen, dan mijn ziel verlangt naar God.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* venison, the meat of a deer

##### Alternative forms

* hart

##### Derived terms

* damhert
* dwerghert
* edelhert
* hertenbok
* hertenkamp
* hertshooi
* moerashert
* muskushert
* reehert
* schijnhert
* vliegend hert

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: hert

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertje n)
* (Southern) Alternative form of hart (“heart”)

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch hirut, hirot.

#### Noun

hert m or n
* deer

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Alternative forms

* hēert

##### Descendants

* Dutch: hert, hart
** Afrikaans: hert
* Limburgish: hèrtj

### Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *herth, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ.

#### Noun

hert m
* hearth, fireplace

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Alternative forms

* hāert
* hēert

##### Descendants

* Dutch: haard
** Afrikaans: haard
* Limburgish: haerdj

### Further reading

* “hert (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “hert (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hert (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hert (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English heorot.

#### Alternative forms

* harte, hartt, heert, heort

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛrt/, /hɛːrt/

#### Noun

hert (plural hertes)
* A hart (red deer, usually the male)
* A depiction of a hart, including in heraldry.

##### Descendants

* English: hart
* Scots: hert

##### References

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

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

hert
* Alternative form of herte

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

hert
* Alternative form of herde (“herder”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

hert
* Alternative form of hird (“household”)

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

hert
* Alternative form of hurt

## Old Norse
### Participle

hert
* strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of herðr

### Verb

hert
* supine of herða

## Scots
### Etymology

From Middle English herte.

### Noun

hert (plural herts)
* heart

#### Alternative forms

* haert
* hairt

### References

* “hert, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian herte, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛt/

### Noun

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertsje)
* heart

#### Further reading

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

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English heren, from Old English hīeran, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛrt/
* Homophone: hearth

### Verb

hert
* heard
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 8-9:wee hert ee zough o'ye colure o' pace na name o' Mulgrave.we heard the distant sound of the wings of the dove of peace, in the word Mulgrave.

### 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 116