Hirsch

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English

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Proper noun

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Hirsch

  1. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Coalfields, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  2. A surname from German.
  3. A surname from Yiddish.

Derived terms

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German hirz, from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz. Compare Dutch hert, English hart.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɪʁʃ/, [hɪʁʃ], [hɪɐ̯ʃ]
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Noun

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Hirsch m (strong or weak, genitive Hirsches or Hirschs or (also in Southern Germany and Austria) Hirschen, plural Hirsche or (also in Southern Germany and Austria) Hirschen, feminine Hirschin)

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

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Descendants

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  • Luxembourgish: Hirsch
  • North Frisian: hirsk
  • Plautdietsch: Hersch
  • Saterland Frisian: Hirsk

Proper noun

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Hirsch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hirschs or (with an article) Hirsch, feminine genitive Hirsch, plural Hirschs)

  1. a surname

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Further reading

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From German Hirsch. The native cognate is archaic Hierz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Hirsch m (plural Hirschen)

  1. deer