Härte
German, noun
Härte is spelled H-Ä-R-T-E (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written German, the 3,312th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Härte is a German feminine noun meaning “hardness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, harte is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. In lower case, härte is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Qualität oder Grad der Eigenschaft, hart zu sein”.
What does Härte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehardness
- 2
femininetoughness
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualität oder Grad der Eigenschaft, hart zu sein 2. Strenge 3. Stärke, Intensität, Heftigkeit 4. Last, Schwierigkeit
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 Härte
- Härten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Härte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Härte in German?
Härte appears 25 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).