Herz

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See also: herz and hèrz

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German herze, from Old High German herza. Cognate with German Herz.

Pronunciation

Noun

Herz n (plural Herzen or Herzn)

  1. heart
  2. (card games) hearts

Inflection

See also

German suits in Bavarian · 's Deitsche Blatt (layout · text)
Herz Schelln Groos Oachl

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German herze, from Old High German herza, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

Cognate with Dutch hart, English heart, Danish hjerte, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛrts/, ,
  • audio (Germany)(file)
  • audio (Austria)(file)
  • Homophone: Hertz

Noun

Herz n (weak, genitive Herzens or (very rare) Herzes, plural Herzen, diminutive Herzchen n or Herzlein n or ((also) Ruhrpöttisch) Herzken n)

  1. heart
  2. (card games) hearts
  3. sweetheart, darling

Usage notes

  • Herz has irregular singular declension and is the only noun of its kind.
  • The genitive singular takes the ending -ens: des Herzens. The form des Herzes is very rare and generally considered nonstandard.
  • The dative singular traditionally takes -en: dem Herzen. This form is still the only accepted standard form in many—more or less fixed—expressions, such as im Herzen, von Herzen, zu Herzen, Operation am offenen Herzen (“open-heart surgery”), mit halbem Herzen (“half-heartedly”), and others.
Only the bare form dem Herz is common when referring to a card suit, as a term of endearment, and in the phrase mit Herz (“good-hearted”)
Otherwise, the forms dem Herzen and dem Herz are both acceptable. The latter is predominant in speech, while the former remains the more established form in writing.

Declension

Declension of Herz
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Herz die Herzen
genitive eines des Herzens, Herzes1 der Herzen
dative einem dem Herzen, Herz2 den Herzen
accusative ein das Herz die Herzen

1Very rare.
2As a card suit or term of endearment, otherwise informal.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Macedonian: херц m (herc)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: хе̏рц m
    Latin script: hȅrc m

See also

Suits in German · Farbe (layout · text)
Herz Karo Pik, Schippe Kreuz, Treff
German suits in German · das Deutsche Blatt (layout · text)
Herz, Rot Schellen Laub, Grün Eichel, Eckern

Further reading

  • “Herz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Herz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Herz” in Duden online
  • “Herz” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Herz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Central Franconian Hätz, from Middle High German herze, from Old High German herza.

Pronunciation

Noun

Herz n (plural Herze, diminutive Herzje)

  1. heart
    Mein Herz dud weh.
    My heart hurts.

Further reading

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