hjärta

See also: hjarta

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish hiærta, from Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (heart). Compare English heart, German Herz, Dutch hart, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk hjarta, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hjerte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛrˌta/, [ˈjæˌʈːa]
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Noun

hjärta n

  1. (anatomy, also figuratively) heart
    Hypernym: kroppsdel

Declension

Declension of hjärta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hjärta hjärtat hjärtan hjärtana
Genitive hjärtas hjärtats hjärtans hjärtanas

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: hertta

References

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