Gaarde

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • Gaade, Goode (Altenhofen spelling)

Etymology

    From Central Franconian Jaade, from Middle High German garte, from Old High German garto, from Proto-West Germanic *gardō, from Proto-Germanic *gardô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-.[1]

    Cognate with German Garten, Luxembourgish Gaart and Pennsylvania German Gaarde.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkɔːtə/
    • Rhymes: -ɔːtə
    • Syllabification: Gaar‧de

    Noun

    Gaarde m (plural Gäärde)

    1. garden
      Sie schafft im Gaarde.
      She's working in the garden.

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Gaarde”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, pages 61–62

    Pennsylvania German

    Etymology

    Compare German Garten, English garden.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Gaarde m (plural Gaarde)

    1. garden

    References

    • Albert F. Buffington, Preston Albert Barba, A Pennsylvania German Grammar (19954)
    1. ^ Heinrich P. Kelz, Phonologische Analyse des Pennsylvaniadeutschen (1971, Hamburg: Buske)