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heart

Herz

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
heart
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Herz, Herzhälfte
3. [2] übertragen: Herz, Seele, Gemüt, Liebe, Zuneigung, Gefühl, Mitgefühl, Mut, Gewissen
4. [3] Herz, das Innere, Kern, Mitte
5. [4] Kern, das Wesentliche
6. [5] Liebling, Schatz
7. [6] Kartenspiel: Herz
8. [7] Botanik: Herz (zum Beispiel Salatherz)
Englisch > Englisch
heart
1. subst. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
2. subst. Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.
3. subst. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart
4. subst. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
5. subst. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
6. subst. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
Listen, dear heart, we must go now.
7. subst. Personality, disposition.
a cold heart
8. subst. (figurative) A wight or being.
9. subst. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes (unsupported, <3).
10. subst. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
11. subst. (cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
12. subst. The centre, essence, or core.
The wood at the heart of a tree is the oldest.
Buddhists believe that suffering is right at the heart of all life.
13. v. (transitive, humorous, informal, mostly, internet slang) To be fond of. (Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.)
14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to be devoted.
15. v. (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
16. v. (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
Deutsch > Englisch
Herz
1. subst. heart
2. subst. (card games) hearts
3. subst. sweetheart, darling