Gaarte

Alemannic German

Alternative forms
  • Garte (northeast and southwest Switzerland)

Etymology

From Middle High German garte, from Old High German garto, from Proto-Germanic *gardô. Cognate with German Garten, Dutch gaard, Danish gårde.

Noun

Gaarte m (plural Gäärte)

  1. (Sense, Uri) garden

References
  • Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 13.
  • Schmutz, C.; Haas, W. (2004). Senslerdeutsches Wörterbuch. Fribourg: Paulusverlag, page 184.

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German garte, from Old High German garto, from Proto-West Germanic *gardō. Cognate with German Garten.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔːtə/, [ˈɡ̊ɔːdə], [ˈɡ̊aːdə] [1]

Noun

Gaarte m (plural Gäärte) (Altenhofen spelling)

  1. garden
    Sie schafft im Gaarte.
    She's working in the garden.

References
  1. Altenhofen, Cléo Vilson. (1996) Hunsrückisch in Rio Grande do Sul: Ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung einer deutschbrasilianischen Dialektvarietät im Kontakt mit dem Portugiesischen. Stuttgart: Steiner.

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