Hirte

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German

 Hirte on German Wikipedia

Alternative forms

  • Hirt (both are roughly equally common)

Etymology

From Middle High German hirt, hirte, from Old High German hirt, hirti, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): ,
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  • Hyphenation: Hir‧te
  • Rhymes: -ɪʁtə

Noun

Hirte m (weak, genitive Hirten, plural Hirten, feminine Hirtin)

  1. herdsman, herder, shepherd, stockman, pastoralist (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Hirte
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hirte die Hirten
genitive eines des Hirten der Hirten
dative einem dem Hirten den Hirten
accusative einen den Hirten die Hirten

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • “Hirte” in Duden online
  • “Hirte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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