gaard

See also: gård

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gaert, from Old Dutch *gart, from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos or *gʰerdʰ-.

Cognate with English yard (compare also garden), obsolete German Gart, German Garten, Danish gård. Also, cognate with Proto-Slavic *gard or *gord, shifted to Russian град (grad), Polish gród or Czech hrad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaːrt/

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• Rhymes: -aːrt

Noun

gaard m (plural gaarden, diminutive gaardje n)

1. (formal) garden, yard

Derived terms

• boomgaard
• diergaarde
• olijfgaard
• wijngaard

Anagrams

• draag, graad