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hart

hard

adjective HART Less Common

Also means

tough

Usage Note

hart covers physical hardness, harshness, and difficulty, and it takes an umlaut in the comparative härter. The idiom hart aber fair ('tough but fair') is a common set phrase. Don't confuse it with schwer, which is preferred for 'difficult' in the sense of demanding.

Examples

"Das Brot ist sehr hart."

Natural Translation

The bread is very hard.

Literal Translation

The bread is very hard.

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