Hirsch

== English == === Proper noun === Hirsch A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Coalfields, Saskatchewan, Canada. A surname from German. A surname from Yiddish. ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hirs, from older hirʐ(e), from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz. Cognate with Dutch hert, English hart. When the Old High German -u- was lost by syncope (in inflected forms), the fricative /s̄/ came to stand after a consonant, which regularly it never did. This anomaly was then removed by replacing /s̄/ either with /s̠/ (spelt ⟨s⟩) or with the affricate /t͡s/ (cf. Luxembourgish Hierz). In the former case, the cluster /rs̠/ was regularly shifted further to /rʃ/ (cf. Kirsche etc.). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɪrʃ/, [hɪʁʃ], [hɪɐ̯ʃ] === Noun === Hirsch m (strong, genitive Hirsches or Hirschs, plural Hirsche, diminutive Hirschchen n or Hirschlein n, feminine Hirschkuh or Hirschin) or (southern Germany and Austria alternatively) Hirsch m (weak, genitive Hirschen, plural Hirschen) deer (humorous) two-wheeler (e.g. bicycle, moped, motorbike) (regional, informal) expert Synonym: Könner (derogatory, colloquial) fool ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Damhirsch, Mähnenhirsch, Platzhirsch Rothirsch, Sikahirsch, Wapitihirsch ==== Related terms ==== Hirschgeweih, Hirschhorn, Hirschkopf, Hirschkuh, Hirschschrei, Hirschzecke ==== Descendants ==== → Luxembourgish: Hirsch → North Frisian: hirsk → Plautdietsch: Hersch → Saterland Frisian: Hirsk === Proper noun === Hirsch m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Hirschs or (with an article) Hirsch, plural Hirschs or Hirsch) a surname ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Hirschhorn, Hirschhausen Kirsch, Miersch === Further reading === “Hirsch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Hirsch” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Hirsch” in Duden online == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From German Hirsch. The native cognate is Hierz, obsolete in this sense, but surviving as “stag beetle” (cf. German Hirschkäfer). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [hiχʃ] === Noun === Hirsch m (plural Hirschen) deer