harden

English

Etymology

hard +‎ -en

Verb

harden (third-person singular simple present hardens, present participle hardening, simple past and past participle hardened)

1. (intransitive) To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).
2. (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure).
3. (transitive, dated) To become or make a person or thing resistant or less sensitive.

   When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. — KJV, Exodus 4:21

Derived terms

• harden someone's heart

Translations

become hard

• Catalan: endurir-se (ca)
• Czech: tvrdnout (cs), ztuhnout (cs)
• Dutch: hard worden, verharden, verstijven
• Finnish: kovettua (fi)
• French: durcir (fr)
• Greek: σκληρύνω (el) (sklirýno)
• Latin: firmo (la)
• Luxembourgish: häerden (lb)

• Polish: twardnieć (pl)
• Portuguese: endurecer (pt)
• Quechua: chuchuyay (qu)
• Russian: затвердеть (ru) (zatverdetʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: отврднути (sh)

  Roman: otvrdnuti (sh)

• Spanish: endurecer (es)

make hard(er)

• Catalan: endurir (ca)
• Czech: vytvrdit (cs), tvrdit (cs)
• Dutch: harden (nl), verharden (nl)
• Finnish: kovettaa (fi)

• French: endurcir (fr)
• Greek: σκληρύνω (el) (sklirýno)
• Latin: firmo (la)

become less sensitive

• Czech: zatvrdit se (cs)
• Dutch: verharden (nl)
• Greek: σκληρύνω (el) (sklirýno)

• Latin: firmo (la)
• Russian: ожесточиться (ru) (ožestočitʹsja), ожесточить (ru) (ožestočitʹ)

Anagrams

• hander

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Dutch

Verb

harden

1. (transitive) To render hard(er), more resistant etc.; to temper metal; to steel nerves

   De geharde veteranen verbeten de pijn zonder jammeren.

   The hardened veterans bore the pain without whining.

2. (transitive) to endure, bear, stand, tolerate

Conjugation

Conjugation of harden (weak)

infinitive	harden
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	hard	hardde
2nd person singular	hardt	hardde
3rd person singular	hardt	hardde
plural	harden	hardden
subjunctive sing.1	harde	hardde
subjunctive plur.1	harden	hardden
imperative sing.	hard
imperative plur.1	hardt
participles	hardend	(hebben) gehard
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

• (to endure) uithouden, verdragen

Noun

harden

1. plural form of harde