Masculine
Herd
- (masculine, strong) cooker; stove
- (masculine, strong) hob; cooktop
- (dated, masculine, strong) fireplace, hearth
- (figuratively, masculine, strong) the household as the traditional workplace of women
- (figuratively, masculine, strong) hotbed, place where something (negative) spreads from
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
häärd
Basel-Landschaft
häärdsched
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/heːrt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German hert, from Old High German herd, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ. Cognate with Dutch haard, English hearth.
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