hert
Meaning
- (neuter) a deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae; sometimes used of members of the families Moschidae and Tragulidae in non-scientific use (see derived terms)
- (neuter) venison, the meat of a deer
Frequency
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɦɛrt/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hert, from Old Dutch hirot, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.
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