different between hind vs hart

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd

Etymology 1

From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *?em-ta- (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *?óm (“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????????? (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra (“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary.

Adjective

hind (comparative hinder, superlative hindmost)

1. Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V

     When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.

Derived terms

• hind leg
• hindlook
• hindsight

Translations

Etymology 2

Wikispecies From Middle English hind, hinde, hynde, from Old English hind, from Proto-Germanic *hind?, *hindiz, from a formation on Proto-Indo-European *?em- (“hornless”). Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind.

Noun

hind (plural hinds)

1. A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
2. A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.

Synonyms

• (female deer): doe

Derived terms

• hindberry

Translations

Etymology 3

From Old English h?(?)na, genitive plural of h??a (“servant, family member”), in the phrase h?na fæder ‘paterfamilias’. The -d is a later addition (compare sound). Compare Old Frisian hinde (“servant”).

Noun

hind (plural hinds)

1. (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
   • 1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 41:

     The peaceful tenour of Nina's life was interrupted one morning by the mysterious looks and whisperings of her maids and hinds.

   • 1931, Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth:

     that my brother can sit at leisure in a seat and learn something and I must work like a hind, who am your son as well as he!

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hind.

Anagrams

• Dinh

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hen?/, [hen?]

Noun

hind c (singular definite hinden, plural indefinite hinder or hinde)

1. hind (female deer)

Inflection

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hinta. Cognate with Finnish hinta.

Noun

hind (genitive hinna, partitive hinda)

1. price

Declension

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nt/

Etymology 1

Noun

hind f (genitive singular hindar, plural hindir)

1. membrane

Declension

Synonyms

• hinna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic.

Noun

hind f (genitive singular hindar, plural hindir)

1. hind (female deer)

Declension

Derived terms

• hindber

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

hind f (genitive singular hindar, nominative plural hindir)

1. female deer, hind

Declension

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hind?, *hindiz, whence also Old High German hinta, Old Norse hind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xind/, [hind]

Noun

hind f

1. hind

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: hind, hinde, hynde
  • Scots: hynde, hynd, hind
  • English: hind

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “hind”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Scots

Alternative forms

• hynd, hynde, hyne, hin, hine

Etymology

From Early Scots hyne (“stripling”), from Northumbrian Old English h??u or h??an (“members of a household”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?in(d)/
• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /?h?nd/

Noun

hind (plural hinds)

1. (archaic) A skilled labourer on a farm, especially a ploughman. In Southern Scotland, specifically a married skilled farmworker given housing in a cottage and often given special privileges in addition to his wages. Occasionally a derogatory term.

Derived terms

• hindin (“the act of being a hind”)
• hindish (“to be like a hind; rustic”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hind, cognate with Old High German hinta, German Hinde, English hind.

Noun

hind c

1. a doe, a hind; the female of deer

   skygg som en hind

   shy as a doe

Declension

References

• hind in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hind in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t
• Homophone: heart

Etymology 1

From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *?óru (“horn”).

Noun

hart (plural harts)

1. A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 13 p. 213[1]:

     She Huntresse-like the Hart pursues;

2. A red deer or one of related species.

Derived terms

• Hertford
• White Hart Lane

Related terms

• hind (the female)

Translations

Etymology 2

See heart.

Noun

hart (plural harts)

1. Obsolete spelling of heart
   • , scene i:

     For this reliefe much thanks, tis bitter cold, and I am ?ick at hart.

Anagrams

• Arth, Thar, rath, tahr, thar

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hart, from Middle Dutch herte, harte, from Old Dutch herta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *??r.

Noun

hart (plural harte)

1. heart

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rt/
• Hyphenation: hart
• Rhymes: -?rt
• Homophone: hard

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch herte, harte, from Old Dutch herta, from Proto-West Germanic *hert?, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *??r.

Noun

hart n (plural harten, diminutive hartje n)

1. heart, main muscle pumping blood through the body:
2. The center point or zone of an object, image etc.
3. The core or essence of some thing, reasoning etc.
4. Compassionate or similar feelings

Alternative forms

• hert
• herte

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hart

Etymology 2

Noun

hart n (plural harten, diminutive hartje n)

1. (Northern) Archaic form of hert (“deer”).

Faroese

Etymology

See harður (“hard, loud”)

Adjective

hart (neuter of harður)

1. hard
2. loud

French

Etymology

From Middle French hart, from Old French hart, hard, a borrowing from Frankish *he?d?.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a?/, /a?t/

Noun

hart f (plural harts)

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

Further reading

• “hart” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hart/, [ha?t], [ha??t], [ha?t]
• Homophones: harrt (general), haart (some speakers)

Adjective

hart (comparative härter, superlative am härtesten)

1. hard
2. severe, harsh

Declension

Adverb

hart

1. hard
2. sharply, roughly, severely
3. close (an (+ dative) to)

Further reading

• “hart” in Duden online

Icelandic

Adjective

hart

1. neuter nominative/accusative of harður

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English heart.

Noun

hart m (genitive singular hairt, nominative plural hairt)

1. (card games) heart

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

hart

1. h-prothesized form of art

References

• "hart" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch hart

Adjective

hart

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

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: hard

Further reading

• “hart”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “hart (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian herte, from Proto-West Germanic *hert?. Cognates include West Frisian hert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hart/

Noun

hart n (plural harten)

1. (Mooring and Föhr-Amrum dialects) heart

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hard(?).

Adjective

hart (comparative hardiro, superlative hardist)

1. hard

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hart
  • Dutch: hard

Further reading

• “hart (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hard(?), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, whence also Old Saxon hard, Old Dutch hart, Old English heard, Old Norse harðr, Gothic ???????????????????????? (hardus). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- (“strong; powerful”).

Adjective

hart

1. hard

Derived terms

• hart?

Descendants

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

    Swabian: hirrt

  • Central Franconian: haat
  • German: hart
  • Luxembourgish: haart
  • Yiddish: ?????? (hart)

Old Norse

Adjective

hart

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of harðr

Polish

Etymology

From German Härte, from Old High German hart?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xart/
• Homophone: chart

Noun

hart m inan

1. strength, resilience, fortitude

Usage notes

On its own, used mainly in the idiom hart ducha. Most of the derived terms are technical and refer to steel hardening.

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) hartowa?
• (adjective) hartowany

Further reading

• hart in Polish dictionaries at PWN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hert, from Proto-West Germanic *herut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hat/

Noun

hart n (plural harten, diminutive hartsje)

1. deer

Derived terms

• reahart

Further reading

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