heard

English

Alternative forms

• 'eard, heerd, hoid, yeard, yerd (pronunciation spelling or dialectal)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɚd/

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• (Ireland, Appalachia) IPA^(key): /hiːɹd/
• (Early Modern) IPA^(key): /hɛrd/, /hærd/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
• Homophone: herd

Verb

heard

1. simple past 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

• Herda, hared, Rhade, Hader, ardeh, rehad, Daher, -hedra

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

• fyrheard (“tempered, fire-hardened”)
• heardcwide (“harsh language”)
• hearde (“severely”)
• heardecg (“hard of edge”)
• heardfyrde (“difficult to carry”)
• heardhēaw (“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”)
• heardnes (“hardness”)
• heardrǣd (“steadfast”)
• heardsǣliġ (“unfortunate”)
• heardsǣlness (“misfortune”)
• heardsǣlþ (“a hard fate”)
• heardwendlīċe (“severely”)

Derived terms

• hearde

Descendants

• Middle English: hard
  • English: hard
    • → Finnish: haarti
    • → Spanish: hard
  • Scots: hard, haird