Hirte

See also: hirte

German

Alternative forms

Hirt (both are roughly equally common)

Etymology

From Middle High German hirt, hirte, from Old High German hirt, hirti, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. More cognates: see there.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhɪʁtə], [ˈhɪɐ̯tə]
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Noun

Hirte m (genitive Hirten, plural Hirten, feminine Hirtin)

herdsman, herder, shepherd, stockman, pastoralist (male or of unspecified sex)

Declension

Declension of Hirte

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hirte	die	Hirten
genitive	eines	des	Hirten	der	Hirten
dative	einem	dem	Hirten	den	Hirten
accusative	einen	den	Hirten	die	Hirten

Derived terms

Derived terms

Erzhirte, Erzhirt
Hirtenhund
Hirtensalat
Kuhhirte, Kuhhirt

Oberhirte, Oberhirt
Schafhirte, Schafhirt
Schweinehirte, Schweinehirt
Seelenhirte, Seelenhirt
Ziegenhirte, Ziegenhirt

See also

Further reading

Hirte in Duden online

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