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aarden.

earthen, made of soil

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈaːrdə(n)/
  1. earthen, made of soil

    not-comparable
  2. clay - etc., made of pottery made from soil

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch erdijn, from Old Dutch *irthīn, from Proto-West Germanic *irþīn, from Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz, equivalent to aarde + -en. Reformed by analogy with aarde, undoing the effects of umlaut.

verb/ˈaːrdə(n)/
  1. to ground, connect an electrical conductor as a safety outlet

    transitive
  2. to commit to the earth, bury

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From aarde + -en.

verb/ˈaːrdə(n)/
  1. (used with naar ...) to take after, share (notably inherited) traits with (notably an ancestor)

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From aard + -en.

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