hård

From Old Danish harth, from Old Norse harðr (“hard”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- (“strong; powerful”).

• IPA^(key): [hɒˀ]
• Homophone: hår

hård (neuter hårdt, plural and definite singular attributive hårde, comparative hårdere, superlative (predicative) hårdest, superlative (attributive) hårdeste)

1. hard
2. tough
3. severe, harsh

Inflection of hård
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	hård	hårdere	hårdest2
Indefinite neuter singular	hårdt	hårdere	hårdest2
Plural	hårde	hårdere	hårdest2
Definite attributive1	hårde	hårdere	hårdeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

• hårdhed ("hardness", "severity", "harshness")

From Old Swedish harþer, from Old Norse harðr, from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- (“strong, powerful”).

• IPA^(key): /hoːɖ/, /hoːɽ/, [hoːɖ], [hoə̯ɖ], [hoːɽ]

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hård (comparative hårdare, superlative hårdast)

1. hard; inflexible; rigid; unbending
2. hard; resistant to pressure
3. hard; demanding a lot of effort to endure
4. (about water) hard; high in dissolved calcium compounds
5. (about a person) severe; strict; unfriendly
6. (slang, vulgar, of a male) hard; sexually aroused
7. (of weather) severe; very bad or intense
8. with strength; forceful

Inflection of hård
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	hård	hårdare	hårdast
Neuter singular	hårt	hårdare	hårdast
Plural	hårda	hårdare	hårdast
Masculine plural3	hårde	hårdare	hårdast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	hårde	hårdare	hårdaste
All	hårda	hårdare	hårdaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

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