harde

See also: hardé and hårde

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

harde m (plural harden, diminutive hardetje n)

  1. A hard one, e.g. a hard hit, a tough guy
  2. (euphemistic) A stiffy, hard-on, erected phallus

Adjective

harde

  1. inflection of hard:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Verb

harde

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of harden

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French harde, from Old French herde (herd of wild animals), from Frankish *herda (herd), from Proto-Germanic *herdō (herd), from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (file, row, herd). Cognate with Old High German herta (herd), Middle Dutch herde, harde (herd), Old English heord (herd). More at herd.

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aʁd/

Noun

harde f (plural hardes)

  1. herd of wild animals (especially ruminants, deer, or wild boar)
  2. pack (of dogs)

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From hard + -e.

Adverb

harde

  1. strongly
  2. very, a great deal

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • harde”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “harde”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

harde

  1. Alternative form of herde (piece of hards)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

harde

  1. definite singular of hard
  2. plural of hard

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²hɑːrə/
  • Homophone: hare

Adjective

harde

  1. definite singular of hard
  2. plural of hard

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxar.dɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ardɛ
  • Syllabification: har‧de

Adjective

harde

  1. inflection of hardy:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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