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)
- garden
- Sie schafft im Gaarde.
- She's working in the garden.
References
- ^ 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)
References
- Albert F. Buffington, Preston Albert Barba, A Pennsylvania German Grammar (19954)
- ^ Heinrich P. Kelz, Phonologische Analyse des Pennsylvaniadeutschen (1971, Hamburg: Buske)