harden

Bedeutung (English)

Verb

1. To become hard.
2. To make something hard or harder.
3. To strengthen.
4. To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
5. To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
6. (informal) To get an erection.
7. To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
8. To unpalatalize or velarize.

Noun

Alternative form of hurden (“coarse linen”)

Konzepte

härten

verhärten

abhärten

hart werden

stählen

hart machen

aushärten

festigen

sich verhärten

erstarren

sich versteifen

straffen

vergüten

erhärten

versteinern

züchtigen

fest machen

steifen

steif werden

sich verdichten

gefrieren lassen

sich abhärten

hartherzig werden

sich stärken

starr werden

versteinern lassen

sich härten

steif machen

steif werden lassen

abbinden

sich versteifen{vr}

befestigen

bestrafen

disziplinieren

eintauchen

eintunken

ermutigen

gefrieren

gerinnen

stabilisieren

stärken

tauchen

tunken

versteifen

Synonyms

become hard

temper

toughen

solidify

petrify

indurate

stiffen

strengthen

season

set

coarsen

congeal

inure

tighten

firm

steel

turn to stone

concrete

consolidate

fortify

cake

🍰

sclerosis

fossilize

freeze

gel

hard

clot

dry

thicken

chap

callous

ossify

cure

petrified

preserve

firm up

dehydrate

condense

roughen

become rough

make hard

mineralize

more acute

overlay

packed

plate

quench

reduce

reinforce

rigidify

seize up

setting

settle down

shorten

shrink

soak

solid

strength

tense

tie

torture

turn into stone

toughen up

vulcanization

become hardened

become stiff

become firm

become certain

caseharden

heat-treat

sclerotization

sclerotized

be set

make compact

make strong

become callous

accustom

make stiff

age

anneal

bake

be

become angry

become numb

beef up

braze

brutalize

build

calcify

case-harden

cirrhosis

coagulate

coat

🧥

compressed

congealed

contract

create

crystallize

curdle

dehumanize

demonize

desensitize

dip

discipline

dunk

embitter

encourage

familiarize

fashion

fasten

fix

forge

gild

harding

immerse

induration

invigorate

jell

Mit Bindestrich als

hard‧en

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈhɑɹdn̩/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: hardenen

Cognate with Dänisch: hærdne

Cognate with Schwedisch: hårdna

Cognate with Norwegisch: herdne

Cognate with Isländisch: harðna

In summary

From Middle English hardenen, equivalent to hard + -en. Cognate with Danish hærdne (“to harden; cure”), Swedish hårdna (“to harden”), Norwegian herdne (“to harden”), Icelandic harðna (“to harden”).