UrsprungFrom Old Swedish hirþi, hirþe, herþe, herdhe, from Old Norse hirðir, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. The ’boy’ sense developed because shepherds were typically young men.
- common-gendera herder, a shepherd
“den gode herden” — the good shepherd
- common-gender, dated, dialectala boy, a lad, young man
Formerherde(indefinite, nominative, singular) · herdes(genitive, indefinite, singular) · herden(definite, nominative, singular) · herdens(definite, genitive, singular) · herdar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · herdars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · herdarna(definite, nominative, plural) · herdarnas(definite, genitive, plural)