Härtigkeit

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German

Etymology

härtig +‎ -keit

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛɐ̯tɪçkaɪ̯t/
  • Hyphenation: Här‧tig‧keit

Noun

Härtigkeit f (genitive Härtigkeit, no plural)

  1. hardness
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Matthew 19:8 (with KJV translation)
      Er sprach zu ihnen: Mose hat euch erlaubt zu scheiden von euren Weibern wegen eures Herzens Härtigkeit; von Anbeginn aber ist's nicht also gewesen.
      He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

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