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Pferd.

horse

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/pfeːrt/[(p)feːɐ̯t]/feːrt/[feːɐ̯t]

  1. horse

    neuter · strong
    Meine Mutter hat ein Pferd und das ist sehr süß.
    Mein Pferd ist zu schnell.

  2. knight

    informal · neuter · strong

  3. pommel horse

    neuter · strong

  4. a woman

    neuter · slang · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German phert, phærît, pherit, pferift (“riding horse”), from Old High German pherit, pfarifrit, parafred, from Proto-West Germanic *parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus (originally “substitute post horse”). Largely displaced the native word Ross. Compare Dutch paard and English palfrey.

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