hjord

See also: hjørð, and hjörð

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish hjord, English herd, German Herde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔrˀd/, [ˈjɒˀd̥]
• IPA^(key): [ˈjɒːd̥]
• Homophone: hjort (with the latter pronunciation)

Noun

hjord c (singular definite hjorden, plural indefinite hjorder or hjorde)

1. herd

Declension

Declension of hjord

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjord	hjorden	hjorder hjorde	hjorderne hjordene
genitive	hjords	hjordens	hjorders hjordes	hjordernes hjordenes

References

• “hjord” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, cognate with Danish, Swedish hjord, English herd, German Herde.

Noun

hjord m (definite singular hjorden, indefinite plural hjorder, definite plural hjordene)

1. herd

References

• “hjord” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “hjord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hiorþ, from Old Norse hjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːɖ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: gjord, jord

Noun

hjord c

1. herd; a number of beasts gathered

Declension

Declension of hjord

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hjord	hjords
	definite	hjorden	hjordens
plural	indefinite	hjordar	hjordars
	definite	hjordarna	hjordarnas

Related terms

• herde (“shepherd”)