Hatz

See also: hatz and Hätz

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Hätz, Hetz (most dialects)
• Hearz (Moselle Franconian variant)

Etymology

From Old High German herza, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hats/

Noun

Hatz n (plural Hatze or Hatzer, diminutive Hätzje)

1. (westernmost Ripuarian) heart
   • 1947, “Jardemarsj”‎^[1]performed by Nico Ploum, Kerkrade Ripuarian cited here in German-based orthography:

     Schick en stramm jeht hä dran, usse feine Jardemann.
     Hä versteht, wat hä deet, wennt hä op Manöver jeht.
     Jedder Schatz, blond ov schwatz, däut hä an si Jardehatz.
     O du treue Jardemann!
     

     Chic and strapping he approaches things, our good guardsman.
     He knows what he does when he goes on maneuver.
     Every sweetheart, blond or black, he presses to his guardsman’s heart.
     Oh you loyal guardsman!

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German

Etymology

From hetzen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ats

• Audio:

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Noun

Hatz f (genitive Hatz, plural Hatzen)

1. hunt, chase (hunting)

Declension

Declension of Hatz [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hatz	die	Hatzen
genitive	einer	der	Hatz	der	Hatzen
dative	einer	der	Hatz	den	Hatzen
accusative	eine	die	Hatz	die	Hatzen

Related terms

• Hetze
• hetzen

Further reading

• “Hatz” in Duden online

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Herz, Dutch hart, English heart, Swedish hjärta.

Noun

Hatz n (plural Hatze)

1. heart