hjertens
Appearance
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]As an adjective a calque of German Herzens, as an adverb a calque of German von Herzen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hjertens
Adjective
[edit]hjertens (uninflected)
- (archaic) innerly, sincere
- in fixed phrases such as af hjertens grund (“from the bottom of one's heart”), af hjertens lyst (“to one's heart's content”).
- 1724, Ludvig Holberg, Det Arabiske Pulver, scene 13:
- jeg kand ikke beskrive hvilken inderlig Hiertens Lengsel jeg har haft efter at see ham.
- I cannot describe my innerly sincere longing for seeing him.
- 1853, B.S. Ingemann, Samlede Eventyr og Fortællinger[1], volume 2, page 256:
- Husker du den Formiddag, Helman! - sagde Grev Fritz - du sad i din hjertens Uskyldighed og tyggede paa din hebraiske Grammatik?
- Do you remember that morning, Helman - Count Fritz asked - when you were sitting in your complete innocence and chewed on that Hebrew grammar of yours?
Adverb
[edit]hjertens
- (archaic) sincerely
- especially in the fixed phrases hjertens gerne (“by all means”), hjertens glad (“overjoyed”), hjertens god (“tender-hearted”)