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

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• 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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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	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 only usable with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).