hart
German, adjective/hart/
hart is spelled H-A-R-T (4 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written German, the 1,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hart is a German adjective meaning “hard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur mit großem Kraftaufwand verformbar”.
What does hart mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hard
- 2
severe, harsh
- 3
unmoved, cold, cruel
adverb
- 1
hard (with force or effort)
Sie haben die ganze Woche hart gearbeitet.
- 2
sharply, roughly, severely
- 3
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nur mit großem Kraftaufwand verformbar 2. nicht von Mitleid, Mitgefühl oder Barmherzigkeit geleitet – derart, dass es an Grausamkeit grenzt. 3. mit großer Kraft 4. lückenlos und über alle Zweifel erhaben bewiesen
noun: 1. Wald
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hart
- harter masculine nominative singular
- härter comparative
- am härtesten superlative
- harte feminine nominative singular
- hartes neuter nominative singular
- harten genitive masculine singular
- hartem dative masculine singular
- der harte definite includes-article masculine
- die harte definite feminine includes-article
- das harte definite includes-article neuter
- die harten definite includes-article nominative
- des harten definite genitive includes-article
- der harten definite feminine genitive
- dem harten dative definite includes-article
- Harte nominative plural
- Harts genitive singular
- Harten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hart?
- /hart/
- [haʁt]
- [haɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hart
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hart in German?
hart appears 78 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).