hertz

See also: Hertz

English

Etymology

Named after German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɜːts/, /hɜːs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hɝts/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Homophone: hurts
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts

Noun

hertz (plural hertz or hertzes)

2. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz

Synonyms

• cycle per second

Translations

the derived unit of frequency

• Arabic: هِيرْتِز m (hirtiz), هِرْتِز m (hirtiz)

  Hijazi Arabic: هِيرْتْز m (hērtz), هِرْتْز m (hirtz)

• Armenian: հերց (hy) (hercʻ)
• Belarusian: гэрц m (herc)
• Bulgarian: херц m (herc)
• Burmese: ဟတ်ဇ် (hatj)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 赫茲／赫兹 (haak¹ zi¹, hak¹ zi¹), 赫 (haak¹, hak¹) (short form)

  Hakka: 赫茲／赫兹 (hér-chṳ̀)

  Hokkien: 赫 (hek)

  Mandarin: 赫茲／赫兹 (zh) (hèzī), 赫 (zh) (hè) (short form)

• Czech: hertz (cs) m
• Danish: hertz (da) c
• Esperanto: herco
• Finnish: hertsi (fi)
• French: hertz (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰერცი (herci)
• German: Hertz (de) n
• Greek: χερτζ (el) n (chertz)
• Hebrew: הרץ (he)
• Hindi: हर्ट्ज़ (harṭz)
• Indonesian: hertz (id)
• Italian: hertz (it) m
• Japanese: ヘルツ (ja) (herutsu)
• Khmer: ហឺត (km) (həɨt)
• Korean: 헤르츠 (hereucheu)
• Latvian: hercs m
• Macedonian: херц m (herc)
• Malay: hertz
• Persian: هرتز (fa)
• Polish: herc (pl) m
• Portuguese: hertz (pt) m
• Russian: герц (ru) m (gerc)
• Serbo-Croatian: херц m, herc (sh) m
• Spanish: hercio (es) m, hertz m
• Swedish: hertz (sv)
• Thai: เฮิรตซ์ (th) (hêrt), เฮิ้ด (hêrt)
• Ukrainian: герц m (herc)
• Urdu: ہرٹز (harṭz)
• Vietnamese: hertz (vi), héc (vi)

See also

• Wikipedia article hertz

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrt͡s]

Noun

hertz m inan

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

Declension

Declension of hertz (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	hertz	hertzy
genitive	hertzu	hertzů
dative	hertzu	hertzům
accusative	hertz	hertzy
vocative	hertze	hertzy
locative	hertzu	hertzech, hertzích
instrumental	hertzem	hertzy

Further reading

• “hertz”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “hertz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛrts/, [hæɐ̯d̥s]

Noun

hertz c (plural indefinite hertz)

1. hertz. Symbol: Hz

Derived terms

• kilohertz
• megahertz

Further reading

• hertz on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛʁts/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛʁts

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz

Related terms

• hertzien

Further reading

• “hertz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Noun

hertz m (uncountable)

1. hertz

   Synonym: hercio

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrt͡s/^*
• Rhymes: -ɛrts
• Hyphenation: hèrtz

Noun

hertz m (invariable)

1. (metrology, physics) hertz

Related terms

• hertziano

Further reading

• hertz in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• Hertz in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• hertz in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• hèrtz in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• hertz in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• hertz in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after German physicist Heinrich Rufolf Hertz.

Noun

hertz m (definite singular hertzen, indefinite plural hertz, definite plural hertzane)

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

References

• “hertz” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hertz.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛʁts/ [ˈhɛhts], /ˈʁɛʁ.t͡ʃis/ [ˈhɛh.t͡ʃis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛʁts/ [ˈhɛhts], /ˈʁɛʁ.t͡ʃis/ [ˈhɛh.t͡ʃis]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛɾts/ [ˈhɛɾts], /ˈʁɛɾ.t͡ʃis/ [ˈhɛɾ.t͡ʃis]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛʁt͡ʃ/ [ˈχɛχt͡ʃ], /ˈʁɛʁ.t͡ʃiʃ/ [ˈχɛχ.t͡ʃiʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛɻts/ [ˈhɛɻts], /ˈʁɛɻ.tes/ [ˈhɛɻ.tes]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾt͡ʃ/

Noun

hertz m (invariable)

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hertz or French hertz.

Noun

hertz m (plural hertzi)

1. hertz

Declension

Declension of hertz

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hertz	hertzul	(niște) hertzi	hertzii
genitive/dative	(unui) hertz	hertzului	(unor) hertzi	hertzilor
vocative	hertzule		hertzilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hertz.

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz

   Synonym: hercio

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “hertz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology

Named after German physicist Heinrich Hertz.

Pronunciation

• (broad) IPA^(key): /hærts/
• (retroflex dialects) IPA^(key): [hæʈʂ], [hɛʈʂ]

Noun

hertz c

1. hertz (singular and plural)