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Etymology
From Dutch aarde, from Middle Dutch āerde, from Old Dutch ertha, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.
Pronunciation
Noun
aarde (plural aardes, diminutive aardetjie)
- Earth (planet)
1917, Christiaan Louis Leipoldt, Praatjies met die Kinders, page 115:Die sterre van sij stelsel het miskien ook eenmaal gebrand en hulle eie lig uitgegee, maar vandag is hulle morsdood en koud, net soos ons ou aarde.- The stars of its system have perhaps once burned and emitted their own light as well, but today they are stone-dead and cold, just like our old Earth.
1990, Tydskrif vir volkskunde en volkstaal, page 6:Koning Leeu belê 'n groot bosberaad, en hulle besluit eenparig om al die riviere op te dam sodat die water oor die aarde stoot en die ganse mensgeslag verdrink.- King Lion convokes a large forest council, and they decide unanimously to dam all the rivers so that the water crashes over the Earth and the entire human race drowns.
- (uncountable) earth, ground, soil
1976, Tydskrif vir volkskunde en volkstaal, volume 32, page 11:Veral in die dae van Mundt, die vooruitstrewende boer wat twee tuiniers uit Duitsland ingevoer het, is die vrugteboord oor 'n groot lap aarde uitgebrei.- In the days of Mundt in particular, that forward-thinking farmer who brought two market-gardeners from Germany over, the orchard expanded over a large tract of ground.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch āerde, from Old Dutch ertha, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. False cognate of Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ).
Noun
aarde f (plural aardes, diminutive aardetje n)
- earth, soil, ground
- Synonyms: grond, bodem
- (electricity) earth, ground
Derived terms
The final -e is usually dropped in compounds.
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
aarde
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of aarden
Estonian
Noun
aarde
- genitive singular of aare