Herz
German, noun
Herz is spelled H-E-R-Z (4 letters) and appears 107 times per million words in written German, the 802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herz is a German neuter noun meaning “heart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, herz is a different word: “singular imperative of herzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Zentralorgan für den Blutkreislauf”.
What does Herz mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterrareheart
- 2
neuterrarehearts
- 3
neuterraresweetheart, darling
verb
- 1
singular imperative of herzen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of herzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Zentralorgan für den Blutkreislauf 2. für Liebe, Seele, Güte 3. ein Symbol (♥) für [2] 4. eine der vier Farben der Spielkarten
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 Herz
- Ruhrpöttisch also
- Herzen definite nominative plural
- Herzens genitive singular
- Herzes genitive rare singular
- Herze alternative obsolete
- Hertz alternative obsolete
- ♥ symbol
- Herzchen diminutive
- Herzilein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Herz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Herz in German?
Herz appears 107 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).