Pferd

From Middle High German phert, pherit, pferift (“riding horse”), from Old High German pherit, pfarifrit, parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus (originally “substitute post horse”). Largely displaced the native word Ross, except in compounds like Rossknedl or Rossfleisch.

• IPA^(key): /b̥fɛɐ̯d̥/

Pferd n (plural Pferd, diminutive Pfertl or Pferterl)

1. (zoology) horse (any member of the species Equus ferus and Equus ferus caballus)

• Ross

From Middle High German phert, pherit, pferift (“riding horse”), from Old High German pherit, pfarifrit, parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus (originally “substitute post horse”). Largely displaced the native word Ross. Compare Dutch paard and English palfrey.

• IPA^(key): /pfeːrt/, (prescriptive standard; overall rare)
• IPA^(key): /feːrt/, , (common in northern and central Germany)
• IPA^(key): /pfɛrt/, , (common in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

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• Homophone: fährt (some speakers)

Pferd n (strong, genitive Pferdes or Pferds, plural Pferde, diminutive Pferdchen n or Pferdlein n or Pferdelein n or Pferdel n or Pferdl n or Pferderl n or Pferdle n or (less common) Pferdli n or Pferdschen n or Pferdche n or Pferdgen n or (less common) Pferdeken n, masculine Hengst or (if castrated) Wallach, feminine Stute)

1. horse

   Meine Mutter hat ein Pferd und das ist sehr süß.

   My mother has a horse and it is very cute.

   Mein Pferd ist zu schnell.

   My horse is too fast.

2. (chess, informal) knight
3. pommel horse
4. (slang) a woman

• (horse): Gaul m; Ross n (both regional, except in specific senses)
• (chess): Springer m, Rössel n
• (pommel horse): Pauschenpferd

(horse):

Chess pieces in German · Schachfiguren, Schachsteine (layout · text)
König	Dame, Königin	Turm	Läufer	Springer, Pferd, Ross, Rössel	Bauer

• Regional dimimutives

• Flußpferd, Nilpferd, Seepferdchen
• Pferdeantilope
• Steckenpferd

• “Pferd” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Pferd” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pferd” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Pferd” in Duden online
• Pferd on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de