hård

Swedish

[hoːɖ]

adj
Definitions
  • hard; inflexible; rigid; unbending
  • hard; resistant to pressure
  • hard; demanding a lot of effort to endure
  • (about water) hard; high in dissolved calcium compounds
  • (about a person) severe; strict; unfriendly
  • (slang) hard; sexually aroused
  • (of weather) severe; very bad or intense
  • with strength; forceful

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish harþer inherited from Old Norse harðr (hard) inherited from Proto-Germanic *harduz (hard, brave) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kert- (times, weave, twist together, time).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kert-

Gloss

times, weave, twist together, time

Concept
Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

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