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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gaert, from Old Dutch *gart, from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos or *gʰerdʰ-.
Cognate with English yard (compare also garden), obsolete German Gart, German Garten, Danish gård.
Also, cognate with Proto-Slavic *gard or *gord, shifted to Russian град (grad), Polish gród or Czech hrad.
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Noun
gaard m (plural gaarden, diminutive gaardje n)
- (formal) garden, yard
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