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Re: meaning of "Hirsch"
Hi Hirsch !!!I know that Hirsch is the MALE deer. So in my opinion the most precise meaning is 'stag' XD
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Hart is the English equivalent (Germanic t to ts/tsh to z/sch in High German). Stag is applied also to species other than deer, and hirsch also refers to deer of which the males are called bucks, not stags, in English.
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