gaard

== 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣaːrt/ Rhymes: -aːrt === Noun === gaard m (plural gaarden, diminutive gaardje n) (formal) garden, yard Synonym: gaarde ==== Derived terms ==== boomgaard olijfgaard wijngaard === Anagrams === draag, graad