Harz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Harz.

Proper noun

Harz

  1. A mountain range in central Germany; its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
  2. A rural district of Saxony-Anhalt. Seat: Halberstadt.

Derived terms

Translations

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Herz.

Noun

Harz

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) heart

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 58:

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German harz, from Old High German harz(uh), from Proto-West Germanic *hart (“pitch, resin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haːrts/, [haːʁt͡s], [haːɐ̯t͡s], [haːt͡s]

Noun

Harz n (strong, genitive Harzes, plural Harze)

  1. resin
Declension
Declension of Harz [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Harz die Harze
genitive eines des Harzes der Harze
dative einem dem Harz, Harze1 den Harzen
accusative ein das Harz die Harze

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms
Derived terms
  • Harzöl
  • Harztropfen

Etymology 2

From Middle High German Hardt, Hart (“hill forest”), from Old High German hart (“forest, wood”, literally “hard”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /harts/, [haʁt͡s], [haɐ̯t͡s], [haːt͡s]

Proper noun

Harz m (proper noun, strong, genitive Harzes or Harz)

  1. Harz (a mountain range in Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia)
  2. a rural district of Saxony-Anhalt; seat: Halberstadt

References

  • The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography, Geography, Travel, Art, Government, Politics, Industry, Invention, Commerce, Science, Education, Natural History, Statistics and Miscellany, p. 819
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “harta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

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