Pferd

German[edit]

ein ostfriesisches Pferd — an East Frisian horse.

From Middle High German phert, pherit, pferift (“riding horse”), from Old High German pherit, pfarifrit, parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus (originally “substitute post horse”). Largely displaced the native word Ross. Compare Dutch paard and English palfrey.

IPA^(key): /pfeːrt/, [pfeːɐ̯t] (prescriptive standard; overall rare)
IPA^(key): /feːrt/, [feːɐ̯t], [fɛɐ̯t] (common in northern and central Germany)
IPA^(key): /pfɛrt/, [pfɛrt], [pfɛɐ̯t] (common in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
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Homophone: fährt (some speakers)

Pferd n (strong, genitive Pferdes or Pferds, plural Pferde, diminutive Pferdchen n or Pferdlein n or Pferdelein n or Pferdel n or Pferdl n or Pferderl n, masculine Hengst or (only if castrated) Wallach, feminine Stute)

Declension of Pferd [neuter, strong]

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

(horse):

Chess pieces in German · Schachfiguren, Schachsteine (layout · text)

König	Dame, Königin	Turm	Läufer	Springer, Pferd, Ross, Rössel	Bauer