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Hirsch.

deer

6 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɪrʃ/[hɪʁʃ][hɪɐ̯ʃ]

  1. deer

    masculine · strong · weak

  2. two-wheeler (e.g. bicycle, moped, motorbike)

    humorous · masculine · strong · weak

  3. expert

    informal · masculine · regional · strong · weak

  4. fool

    colloquial · derogatory · masculine · strong · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German hirs, from older hirʐ(e), from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz. Cognate with Dutch hert, English hart. When the Old High German -u- was lost by syncope (in inflected forms), the fricative /s̄/ came to stand after a consonant, which regularly it never did. This anomaly was then removed by replacing /s̄/ either with /s̠/ (spelt ⟨s⟩) or with the affricate /t͡s/ (cf. Luxembourgish Hierz). In the former case, the cluster /rs̠/ was regularly shifted further to /rʃ/ (cf. Kirsche etc.).

name/hɪrʃ/[hɪʁʃ][hɪɐ̯ʃ]

  1. a surname

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German hirs, from older hirʐ(e), from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz. Cognate with Dutch hert, English hart. When the Old High German -u- was lost by syncope (in inflected forms), the fricative /s̄/ came to stand after a consonant, which regularly it never did. This anomaly was then removed by replacing /s̄/ either with /s̠/ (spelt ⟨s⟩) or with the affricate /t͡s/ (cf. Luxembourgish Hierz). In the former case, the cluster /rs̠/ was regularly shifted further to /rʃ/ (cf. Kirsche etc.).

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