hjertens

As an adjective a calque of German Herzens, as an adverb a calque of German von Herzen.

• IPA^(key): /jɛrtəns/, [ˈjaɐ̯d̥n̩s]

hjertens

1. (obsolete) definite genitive singular of hjerte

   modern hjertets

hjertens (uninflected)

1. (archaic) innerly, sincere

   in fixed phrases such as af hjertens grund (“from the bottom of one's heart”), af hjertens lyst (“to one's heart's content”).

   • 1724, Ludvig Holberg, Det Arabiske Pulver, scene 13:

     jeg kand ikke beskrive hvilken inderlig Hiertens Lengsel jeg har haft efter at see ham.

     I cannot describe my innerly sincere longing for seeing him.

   • 1853, B.S. Ingemann, Samlede Eventyr og Fortællinger‎, volume 2, page 256:

     Husker du den Formiddag, Helman! - sagde Grev Fritz - du sad i din hjertens Uskyldighed og tyggede paa din hebraiske Grammatik?

     Do you remember that morning, Helman - Count Fritz asked - when you were sitting in your complete innocence and chewed on that Hebrew grammar of yours?

hjertens

1. (archaic) sincerely

   especially in the fixed phrases hjertens gerne (“by all means”), hjertens glad (“overjoyed”), hjertens god (“tender-hearted”)

• “hjertens” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Hjerte,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog