heard
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɝd/
Audio (US) (file) - (NYC) IPA(key): /hɜɪd/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /hiːɹd/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
- Homophone: herd
Verb
heard
- simple past tense and past participle of hear
Anagrams
- -hedra, Daher, Rhade, hared
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- (“strong; powerful”). Compare Old Frisian herd, Old Saxon hard, Old Dutch hart, Old High German hart, Old Norse harðr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhæɑrd/
Adjective
heard
- hard
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | hearda | hearde | hearde | heardan | nom. | heard | hearde | heard | hearda, -e | ||||
| accusative | heardan | hearde | heardan | acc. | heardne | heard | hearde | hearde | heard | hearda, -e | |||
| genitive | heardan | heardra, heardena | gen. | heardes | heardes | heardre | heardra | ||||||
| dative | heardan | heardum | dat. | heardum | heardum | heardre | heardum | ||||||
| instrumental | hearde | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- heardlīċe
Descendants
- English: hard
- Scots: hard, haird