gård
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål gård, Swedish gård, English yard, Dutch gaard. Related to gærde (“fence, wall”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gård c (singular definite gården, plural indefinite gårde)
- farm, estate, land (property in the countryside)
- court, courtyard, yard, patio (an open space enclosed by walls or buildings)
- playground, schoolyard
Declension
Derived terms
- abildgård c
- avlsgård c
- baggård c
- banegård c
- bilkirkegård c
- bispegård c
- bondegård c
- borggård c
- brugsgård c
- fattiggård c
- forgård c
- fædrenegård c
- fæstegård c
- godsbanegård c
- grønnegård c
- gæstgivergård c
- gårdejer c
- gårdhave c
- gårdhavehus n
- gårdlænge c
- gårdmand c
- gårdmusikant c
- gårdrydning c
- gårdsanger c
- gårdsbredde c
- gårdskarl c
- gårdsplads c
- gårdtur c
- gårdvagt c
- herregård c
- hovedbanegård c
- hovedgård c
- hønsegård c
- kirkegård c
- kongsgård c
- kravlegård c
- købmandsgård c
- ladegård c
- ormegård c
- præstegård c
- selvejergård c
- skolegård c
- skærgård c
- slægtsgård c
- sognegård c
- urtegård c
- vingård c
- ødegård c
- ålegård c
References
- “gård” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish gård (“farm, estate; court, yard”), from Old Danish garth, from Old Norse garðr (“fence; yard, court; house”), from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, court, yard, garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose, encircle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gård m (definite singular gården, indefinite plural gårder, definite plural gårdene)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
References
- “gård” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gård m (definite singular gården, indefinite plural gårdar, definite plural gårdane)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish garþer, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gård c
- a country estate (property with houses (sometimes along with farmland, pasture, etc.) in the countryside), a homestead
- a property with a main building and smaller buildings (more generally); often translatable as "center"
- kursgård
- course center (such a property where education is carried out)
- (in some idiomatic cases) a property (even more generally); often translatable as "center" as well
- ungdomsgård
- youth center
- a yard (open area adjoining a house or other building)
- Barnen lekte på gården
- The kids were playing in the yard
- a yard (enclosed area designated for a specific purpose)
- vingård
- vineyard
Declension
| Declension of gård | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | gård | gården | gårdar | gårdarna |
| Genitive | gårds | gårdens | gårdars | gårdarnas |
Derived terms
- bakgård c
- bilkyrkogård c
- bondgård c
- borggård c
- bygdegård c
- Djurgården c
- fritidsgård c
- gammal i gårde
- Gårdarike n
- gårdfarihandel c
- gårdsbryggeri n
- gårdsbutik c
- gårdshus n
- gårdskors n
- gårdsmejeri n
- gårdsmästare c
- gårdsnamn n
- gårdsplan n
- gårdsrätt c
- gårdvar c
- hembygdsgård c
- herrgård c
- hundgård c
- hönsgård c
- kyrkogård c
- ladugård c
- lustgård c
- målgård c
- nästgårds
- prästgård c
- skolgård c
- skärgård c
- trädgård c
- ungdomsgård c
- vingård c