harder

English

Etymology 1

hard +‎ -er

Adjective

harder

1. comparative form of hard: more hard

   He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder.

   Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes.

Etymology 2

Dutch harder / herder: mullet.

Noun

harder (plural harders)

1. (South Africa) Any of several species of mullet often used to make bokkoms.

Anagrams

• Harred

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• harder

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Adjective

harder

1. Comparative form of hard

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French

Verb

harder

1. To harness together (hunting dogs etc)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of harder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		harder			avoir hardé
gerund		en hardant			en ayant hardé
present participle		hardant /aʁ.dɑ̃/
past participle		hardé /aʁ.de/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	harde /aʁd/	hardes /aʁd/	harde /aʁd/	hardons /aʁ.dɔ̃/	hardez /aʁ.de/	hardent /aʁd/
	imperfect	hardais /aʁ.dɛ/	hardais /aʁ.dɛ/	hardait /aʁ.dɛ/	hardions /aʁ.djɔ̃/	hardiez /aʁ.dje/	hardaient /aʁ.dɛ/
	past historic1	hardai /aʁ.de/	hardas /aʁ.da/	harda /aʁ.da/	hardâmes /aʁ.dam/	hardâtes /aʁ.dat/	hardèrent /aʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	harderai /aʁ.də.ʁe/	harderas /aʁ.də.ʁa/	hardera /aʁ.də.ʁa/	harderons /aʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	harderez /aʁ.də.ʁe/	harderont /aʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	harderais /aʁ.də.ʁɛ/	harderais /aʁ.də.ʁɛ/	harderait /aʁ.də.ʁɛ/	harderions /aʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	harderiez /aʁ.də.ʁje/	harderaient /aʁ.də.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	harde /aʁd/	hardes /aʁd/	harde /aʁd/	hardions /aʁ.djɔ̃/	hardiez /aʁ.dje/	hardent /aʁd/
	imperfect1	hardasse /aʁ.das/	hardasses /aʁ.das/	hardât /aʁ.da/	hardassions /aʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	hardassiez /aʁ.da.sje/	hardassent /aʁ.das/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	harde /aʁd/	—	hardons /aʁ.dɔ̃/	hardez /aʁ.de/	—
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