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Harz

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Harz.

Proper noun

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Harz

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

Translations

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East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German Herz.

Noun

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Harz

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) heart

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Harz n (strong, genitive Harzes, plural Harze)

  1. resin
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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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

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  • 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
  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “harta-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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