voorde

• voord m, (archaic) voort m

From Middle Dutch vort, vōort, from Old Dutch *furt, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus. Doublet of fjord.

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voorde f (plural voorden, diminutive voordje n)

1. ford

   Synonym: wed

• Note that the word gender of voorde differs from voord, with the former being feminine and the latter masculine.
• While the forms without -e are often found in toponyms, voorde is more common as simplex.

voorde

1. illative singular of voor