Herz

== Bavarian == === Alternative forms === Heaz, Hearz (spelling) === Etymology === From Middle High German hërze, from Old High German hërza. Cognate with German Herz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /heɐ̯t͡s/ === Noun === Herz n (plural Herzen or Herzn) heart (card games) hearts ==== Inflection ==== Dat.Sg.: Herzen or Herz === See also === == Czech == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɛrs] === Proper noun === Herz m anim (female equivalent Herzová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== == German == === Alternative forms === Herze, Hertz (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German hërze, from Old High German hërza, 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/, [hɛʁt͡s], [hɛɐ̯t͡s] 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) heart (card games) hearts 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 less common and only used in medicine. 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Macedonian: херц m (herc) → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: хе̏рц m Latin script: hȅrc m === See also === Kardia === Further reading === “Herz”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Herz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Herz” in Duden online “Herz” in OpenThesaurus.de Herz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de === Anagramms === zehr == Hunsrik == === Alternative forms === Hetz === Etymology === From Central Franconian Hätz, from Middle High German herze, from Old High German herza. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛt͡s/ Rhymes: -ɛts Syllabification: Herz === Noun === Herz n (plural Herze, diminutive Herzje) heart === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Herz”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 75