Gerte

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German gerte, Old High German gartia (“rod, twig, staff”), from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“staff, rod, twig”). Cognate with Old Norse gaddr, Old English gād, English goad, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌶𐌳𐍃 (gazds), Latin hasta (“spear”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Gerte f (genitive Gerte, plural Gerten)

  1. crop (implement)

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Gerte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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