hjärta

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word hjärta. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word hjärta, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say hjärta in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word hjärta you have here. The definition of the word hjärta will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofhjärta, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: hjarta

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish hiærta, from Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (heart). Compare English heart, German Herz, Dutch hart, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk hjarta, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hjerte.

Pronunciation

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛrˌta/,
  • (file)

Noun

hjärta n

  1. (anatomy, also figuratively) heart
    Hypernym: kroppsdel

Declension

Declension of hjärta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hjärta hjärtat hjärtan hjärtana
Genitive hjärtas hjärtats hjärtans hjärtanas

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: hertta

References