Polyglot Dictionary

Herz

/hɛʁts/

das noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Herzen
genitive
des Herzens

Meaning

  1. heart

    Used just as figuratively as English "heart" — for courage, love, and sincerity, not only the organ.

    • Sein Herz schlägt schnell.

      His heart is beating fast.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

cœur

cœur is the French word for the same thing — both mean "heart."

Portuguese

coração

coração is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "heart."

Practice

1 What does Herz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sein ___ schlägt schnell.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Herz?

See also

nouncore-vocabularybody

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