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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