hjerte

Danish

Alternative forms

hjærte (obsolete), hierte (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɛrtə/, [ˈjæɐ̯d̥ə]

Noun

hjerte n (singular definite hjertet, plural indefinite hjerter)

heart

Declension

Declension of hjerte

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjerte	hjertet	hjerter	hjerterne
genitive	hjertes	hjertets	hjerters	hjerternes

References

“hjerte” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

Noun

hjerte n (definite singular hjertet, indefinite plural hjerter, definite plural hjerta or hjertene)

heart (anatomy: an organ of the body)
heart (a symbol)
heart (the centre or innermost part of something)

Derived terms

Terms derived from hjerte

See also

hjarte (Nynorsk)

References

“hjerte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“hjerte_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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