hjort

From Old Norse hjǫrtr, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish hjort, English hart, German Hirsch.

• IPA^(key): /jɔrt/, [ˈjɒːd̥]

hjort c (singular definite hjorten, plural indefinite hjorte)

1. deer, stag

• “hjort” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse hjǫrtr.

• IPA^(key): /jɔrt/

hjort m (definite singular hjorten, indefinite plural hjorter, definite plural hjortene)

1. a red deer (Cervus elaphus)

• “hjort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hjǫrtr. Akin to English hart.

• IPA^(key): /jʊrt/
• Homophones: gjort, jort

hjort m (definite singular hjorten, indefinite plural hjortar, definite plural hjortane)

1. a red deer (Cervus elaphus)
   • 1863, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Den scotske Highlander:

     No er det meste rudt med Rot, og Grunden lagd for Fenadfot, og ellers Fugl og Hjort.

     Now most of it is cleared away, and the ground laid for the feet of cattle, and also fowl and deer.

• dåhjort

• “hjort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish hiorter, from Old Norse hjǫrtr, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerw-.

• IPA^(key): /jʊrt/
• Homophone: gjort

hjort c

1. a deer, ruminant mammal of the family Cervidae
2. a hart, stag; a male fallow deer or red deer

   Antonym: hind

   Coordinate term: get

• dovhjort
• hjortfärs
• hjorthorn
• hjortsadel
• kronhjort

• hjortron