Herde

See also: herde

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːrdə/, [ˈheːɐ̯də], [ˈhɛɐ̯də]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯də, -ɛʁdə

Etymology 1

From Middle High German hërt, from Old High German hërta, from Proto-West Germanic *herdu.

The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German hērde). Cognate with English herd, Danish hjord, Swedish hjord, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (hairda).

Noun

Herde f (genitive Herde, plural Herden)

1. herd, flock (group of livestock or other large mammals)

Declension

Declension of Herde [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Herde	die	Herden
genitive	einer	der	Herde	der	Herden
dative	einer	der	Herde	den	Herden
accusative	eine	die	Herde	die	Herden

Derived terms

• Antilopenherde
• Aufzuchtherde
• Bisonherde
• Büffelherde
• Elefantenherde
• Gnuherde
• Herdbuch
• herdenartig
• Herdenbücher
• Herdendenken
• Herdengeist
• Herdenglocke
• Herdengröße
• Herdenhaltung
• Herdeninstinkt
• Herdenleben
• Herdenmensch
• Herdenmenschen
• Herdenschutzhund
• Herdentier
• Herdentrieb
• Herdenverhalten
• Herdenvieh
• herdenweise
• Junggesellenherde
• Känguruherde
• Kuhherde
• Pferdeherde
• Rinderherde
• Schafherde
• Schweineherde
• Straußenherde
• Tierherde
• Viehherde
• Walherde
• Wildpferdeherde
• Zebraherde
• Ziegenherde

See also

• Bestand
• Viehbestand

Further reading

• “Herde” in Duden online
• “Herde”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Etymology 2

Herd +‎ -e

Noun

Herde pl

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Herd (“stove, cooker, hearth”)

Further reading

• “Herde”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)
• “Herde” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Herde” in Duden online
• “Herde” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Herde on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de