See also: Herde

Galician

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Verb

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herde

  1. inflection of herdar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From the oblique forms of Old English heord, hierd, from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈheːrd(ə)/

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herde (plural herdes)

  1. herd (group of domesticated animals)
  2. flock, swarm (group of wild animals)
  3. (rare) followers of a religious leader
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  • English: herd
  • Scots: herd, hird
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Etymology 2

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From Old English hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈheːrd(ə)/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈhiːrd(ə)/, /ˈhyːrd(ə)/

Noun

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herde (plural herdes or (early) herden)

  1. herdsman, herder
  2. (figuratively) ruler, director, guide
  3. (figuratively) spiritual leader
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Etymology 3

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From Old English heorde, from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā.

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herde (plural herdes or herden)

  1. (usually in the plural) A short, coarse flax or hemp fibre; a piece of hurds.
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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herde

  1. Alternative form of hird (household)

Etymology 5

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herde

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of heren
  2. (dialectal) second-person singular past indicative of heren

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse herða.

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herde (imperative herd, present tense herder, passive herdes, simple past and past participle herda or herdet, present participle herdende)

  1. to harden; to toughen
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Old French

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Etymology

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From Frankish *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (file, row, herd).

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herde oblique singularf (oblique plural herdes, nominative singular herde, nominative plural herdes)

  1. herd (grouping of animals)

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Portuguese

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herde

  1. inflection of herdar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish hirþi, hirþe, herþe, herdhe, from Old Norse hirðir, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. The ’boy’ sense developed because shepherds were typically young men.

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herde c

  1. a herder, a shepherd
    den gode herdenthe good shepherd
  2. (dialectal, dated) a boy, a lad, young man
    Synonyms: pojke, kille, (south Swedish) here

Declension

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Declension of herde
nominative genitive
singular indefinite herde herdes
definite herden herdens
plural indefinite herdar herdars
definite herdarna herdarnas

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