Hirte

See also: hirte

German

Alternative forms

• Hirt (both are roughly equally common)

Etymology

From Middle High German hirt, hirte, from Old High German hirt, hirti, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɪʁtə], [ˈhɪɐ̯tə]

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• Hyphenation: Hir‧te
• Rhymes: -ɪʁtə

Noun

Hirte m (weak, genitive Hirten, plural Hirten, feminine Hirtin)

1. herdsman, herder, shepherd, stockman, pastoralist (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Hirte [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hirte	die	Hirten
genitive	eines	des	Hirten	der	Hirten
dative	einem	dem	Hirten	den	Hirten
accusative	einen	den	Hirten	die	Hirten

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Erzhirte, Erzhirt
• Hirtenhund
• Hirtensalat
• Kuhhirte, Kuhhirt
• Oberhirte, Oberhirt
• Schafhirte, Schafhirt
• Schweinehirte, Schweinehirt
• Seelenhirte, Seelenhirt
• Ziegenhirte, Ziegenhirt

See also

• Behüter
• Beschützer
• Hütejunge
• Hüter
• Pastor
• Schäfer

Further reading

• “Hirte” in Duden online
• “Hirte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache