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

• 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

• sätta hårt mot hårt

• hårdna

• hårdvara

• hård in Svensk ordbok.