Hirte

See also: hirte

German

Alternative forms

• Hirt (both are roughly equally common)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German hirt, hirte, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German hirt, hirti, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. More cognates: see there.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɪʁtə], [ˈhɪɐ̯tə]

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Noun

Hirte m (genitive Hirten, plural Hirten, female Hirtin)

1. herdsman, herder, shepherd, stockman, pastoralist (male or of unspecified sex)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Erzhirte, Erzhirt
• Hirtenhund
• Hirtensalat
• Kuhhirte, Kuhhirt

• Oberhirte, Oberhirt
• Schafhirte, Schafhirt
• Schweinehirte, Schweinehirt
• Seelenhirte, Seelenhirt
• Ziegenhirte, Ziegenhirt

See also

• Behüter
• Beschützer
• Hütejunge
• Hüter
• Pastor
• Schäfer

Further reading

• “Hirte” in Duden online