hard
out loud / hard
/ɦɑrt/adverb
Word forms
- inflected: harde (hard)
- comparative: harder (harder/louder/faster)
- superlative: hardst (hardest/loudest/fastest)
- partitive: hards (something hard)
How it is spelled and how it sounds
Final 'd' undergoes final devoicing to be pronounced as /t/, while returns to /d/ when inflected in 'harde' (/ˈɦɑr.də/).
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In connected speech
In connected speech, the final /t/ of 'hard' may become voiced [d] again before a voiced plosive like /b/ or /d/ (e.g., 'hard werken' or 'hard denken'), or link smoothly to a following vowel as [t].
In the lessons (1 sentence)
s2-les-11 · 26Hij wijst naar haar jurk en hij moet hard lachen.He points at her dress and can't help laughing out loud.Open in lesson ↗
In the frequency dictionary
Core #310
Marked known.