# hard

> German word · Adjective · IPA [hɑː(ɹ)d] · frequency rank #8,386

## Definitions
1. hart, fest
2. schwierig
3. hart, von hohem Kalkgehalt
4. gesichert, sicher, hieb- und stichfest/stichfest; unverhüllt, nackt

## Easily confused with
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hat)
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-her)
- **hör** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hor)
- **hau** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hau)
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-has)
- **hay** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hay)
- **HDD** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hdd)
- **hast** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hast)
- **Haus** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-haus)
- **Herr** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-herr)
- **Herz** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-herz)
- **hart** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hart)
- **Hund** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hund)
- **Haut** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-haut)
- **höre** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hore)
- **Hass** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hass)
- **Held** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-held)
- **Hirn** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-hirn)
- **have** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-have)
- **Horn** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hard-vs-horn)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ahrd`, `hadr`, `hardd`, `harrd`, `hhard`, `hrad`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/hard