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German
Etymology
härtig + -keit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛɐ̯tɪçkaɪ̯t/
- Hyphenation: Här‧tig‧keit
Noun
Härtigkeit f (genitive Härtigkeit, no plural)
- 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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