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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

gård.

farm, estate, land (property in the countryside)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡɔːˀr/[ˈɡ̊ɒˀ]

  1. farm, estate, land (property in the countryside)

    common-gender

  2. court, courtyard, yard, patio (an open space enclosed by walls or buildings)

    common-gender

  3. playground, schoolyard

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

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”).

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