harder

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: härdʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹɾɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hädʹə, IPA^(key): /hɑːdə/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: hard‧er

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

From Afrikaans haarder (“mullet”).

Noun

harder (plural harders)

1. Alternative spelling of haarder

Anagrams

• Harred, Herard

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑr.dər/

• harder

  (file)

• Hyphenation: har‧der
• Rhymes: -ɑrdər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch harder. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

harder m (plural harders)

1. A mullet, fish of the family Mugilidae.
2. A flathead mullet, flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: harder
• → Papiamentu: aldu, haldu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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)

infinitive	simple	harder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	hardant /aʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		hardé /aʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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 historic2	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	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	harde /aʁd/	hardes /aʁd/	harde /aʁd/	hardions /aʁ.djɔ̃/	hardiez /aʁ.dje/	hardent /aʁd/
	imperfect2	hardasse /aʁ.das/	hardasses /aʁ.das/	hardât /aʁ.da/	hardassions /aʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	hardassiez /aʁ.da.sje/	hardassent /aʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	harde /aʁd/	—	hardons /aʁ.dɔ̃/	hardez /aʁ.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).