Hatz

See also: hatz and Hätz

English

Proper noun

Hatz

  1. A surname.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms
  • Hätz, Hetz (most dialects)
  • Hearz (Moselle Franconian variant)

Etymology

From Old High German herza, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hats/

Noun

Hatz n (plural Hatze or Hatzer, diminutive Hätzje)

  1. (westernmost Ripuarian) heart
    • 1947, “Jardemarsj”‎, performed by Nico Ploum, Kerkrade Ripuarian cited here in German-based orthography:
      Schick en stramm jeht hä dran, usse feine Jardemann.
      Hä versteht, wat hä deet, wennt hä op Manöver jeht.
      Jedder Schatz, blond ov schwatz, däut hä an si Jardehatz.
      O du treue Jardemann!
      Chic and strapping he approaches things, our good guardsman.
      He knows what he does when he goes on maneuver.
      Every sweetheart, blond or black, he presses to his guardsman’s heart.
      Oh you loyal guardsman!

German

Etymology

From hetzen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ats
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Noun

Hatz f (genitive Hatz, plural Hatzen)

  1. hunt, chase (hunting)

Declension
Declension of Hatz [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hatz die Hatzen
genitive einer der Hatz der Hatzen
dative einer der Hatz den Hatzen
accusative eine die Hatz die Hatzen

Further reading
  • “Hatz” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Herz, Dutch hart, English heart, Swedish hjärta.

Noun

Hatz n (plural Hatze)

  1. heart
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