Hart

See also: hart and hårt

Translingual

Symbol

Hart

1. hartley (unit of information)

English

Etymology

• As an English and north/Low German surname, from the noun hart (“stag”).
• As a German surname, variant of Hardt.
• As a Jewish/Yiddish and Dutch surname, from derivatives of *hertā (“heart”), *hard(ī) (“hard”), or *herut (“stag”), or converged senses of them. These senses are also translated from other languages such as French Francoeur, Jolicoeur, Vadeboncoeur, and Native American (Cheyenne) Homa'ehesta, from homa'e (“beaver”) + hesta (“heart”).
• As an Irish surname, from Ó hAirt (“descendant of Art”), from the noun art (“bear”). Compare Hartin.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
• Homophones: hart, heart

Proper noun

Hart

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from Middle English hert (“stag, hart”).
2. A surname from Irish anglicised from the Irish Ó hAirt (“descendant of a person named Bear or Champion”) (see Old Irish art (“bear”))
3. A village and civil parish in Hartlepool borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4735).
4. A local government district in northeastern Hampshire, England.
5. A tributary of the River Whitewater in Hampshire and ultimately of the Thames; in full, the River Hart.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A ghost town in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California.
   2. A city, the county seat of Oceana County, Michigan.
   3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Winona County, Minnesota.
   4. An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
   5. A ghost town in Macon County, Missouri.
   6. A minor city in Castro County, Texas.
   7. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Hart Township.
7. A locality in the Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia.
8. A locality in Wakefield Regional council area, Mid North region, South Australia.

Derived terms

• Hart Butte
• Hart County
• Hartian
• Hart Station
• Hartsville
• Hartville

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42

Anagrams

• Arth, Rath, Thar, rath, tahr, thar

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• hart (Föhr-Amrum, Heligoland, Mooring)
• härt (Halligen)

Etymology

From Old Frisian herte, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”), from *ḱerd- (“heart”).

Noun

Hart

1. (Sylt) heart

Saterland Frisian

n Hart.

Etymology

From Old Frisian hert, from Proto-West Germanic *herut. Cognates include West Frisian hart and German Hirsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hart/
• Hyphenation: Hart
• Rhymes: -art

Noun

Hart m (plural Harte)

1. deer

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “Hart”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN