Hertha
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See also: herða
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
German Hertha (see that entry for more).
Proper noun[edit]
Hertha
- A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from German around 1900.
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Hertha
- a female given name
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Invented in 19th-century Germany from a misreading of Nerthus, name of a goddess in Germania (98 BCE) by Roman senator Tacitus. Nerthus is a Latinized form from a Proto-Germanic *Nerþuz, apparently cognate to Old Norse Njǫrðr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Hertha
- a female given name, popular at the turn of the 20th century
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