heard

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɝd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • (NYC) IPA(key): /hɜɪd/
  • (Ireland, Appalachia) IPA(key): /hiːɹd/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
  • Homophone: herd

Verb

heard

  1. simple past tense and past participle of hear

Adjective

heard (not comparable)

  1. That has been heard or listened to; that has been aurally detected.
    • 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:
      [T]he following are some examples of the types of heard information that can be used to distinguish some of the languages in Singapore, namely Malay and Singapore English.

Interjection

heard

  1. I understand; gotcha

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī). Compare Old Frisian herd, Old Saxon hard, Old Dutch hart, Old High German hart, Old Norse harðr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑrd/, [hæ͜ɑrˠd]

Adjective

heard

  1. hard, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave

Declension
Declension of heard — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative heard heard heard
Accusative heardne hearde heard
Genitive heardes heardre heardes
Dative heardum heardre heardum
Instrumental hearde heardre hearde
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hearde hearda, hearde heard
Accusative hearde hearda, hearde heard
Genitive heardra heardra heardra
Dative heardum heardum heardum
Instrumental heardum heardum heardum
Declension of heard — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hearda hearde hearde
Accusative heardan heardan hearde
Genitive heardan heardan heardan
Dative heardan heardan heardan
Instrumental heardan heardan heardan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative heardan heardan heardan
Accusative heardan heardan heardan
Genitive heardra, heardena heardra, heardena heardra, heardena
Dative heardum heardum heardum
Instrumental heardum heardum heardum

Derived terms
  • heardcwide (“harsh language”)
  • hearde (“severely”)
  • heardecg (“hard of edge”)
  • heardfyrde (“difficult to carry”)
  • heardhēawa (“a chisel”)
  • heardheort (“hard-hearted”)
  • heardheortness (“hard-heartedness”)
  • heardhicgende (“bold in purpose”)
  • heardian (“to harden”)
  • hearding (“a hero”)
  • heardlīċ (“severe”)
  • heardlīċe (“hardly”)
  • heardlīcness (“hardness”)
  • heardmōd (“brave”)
  • heardmōdness (“hardness of heart”)
  • heardneb (“hard-beak”)
  • heardness (“hardness”)
  • heardrǣd (“steadfast”)
  • heardsǣliġ (“unfortunate”)
  • heardsǣlness (“misfortune”)
  • heardsǣlþ (“a hard fate”)
  • heardwendlīċe (“severely”)

Descendants
  • Middle English: hard
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