heard
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (RP) IPA: /ˈhɜːd/, X-SAMPA: /"h3:d/
- (US) IPA: /ˈhɝd/, X-SAMPA: /"h3`d/
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Audio (US) (file) - (mid-20th-century New York City) IPA: /hɜɪd/
- (Ireland) IPA: /hiːɹd/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)d
Alternative forms [edit]
Verb [edit]
heard
- simple past tense and past participle of hear
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Anagrams [edit]
Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- (“strong; powerful”). Compare Old Frisian herd, Old Saxon hard, Old Dutch hart, Old High German hart, Old Norse harðr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus).
Adjective [edit]
heard
Declension [edit]
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | hearda | hearde | hearde | heardan | nom. | heard | hearde | heard | hearda, -e | ||||
| accusative | heardan | hearde | heardan | acc. | heardne | heard | hearde | hearde | heard | hearda, -e | |||
| genitive | heardan | heardra, heardena | gen. | heardes | heardes | heardre | heardra | ||||||
| dative | heardan | heardum | dat. | heardum | heardum | heardre | heardum | ||||||
| instrumental | hearde | ||||||||||||