aard

• IPA^(key): /aːrt/

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• Hyphenation: aard
• Rhymes: -aːrt
• Homophones: aardt, Aerdt, Aart

From Middle Dutch āert, from Old Dutch *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz.

aard m (plural aarden, diminutive aardje n)

1. nature, character, disposition

   Hij toonde zijn ware aard.

   He showed his true character.

• aert (obsolete)

• Negerhollands: art

• aarde

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aard

1. inflection of aarden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

aard f (plural aardes, diminutive aardje n)

1. Alternative form of aarde

• daar, raad

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ārt.

aard

1. back

• Baskakov, N. A. (1991) İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 2

From Old Frisian *ard, erd, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz.

• IPA^(key): /aːt/

aard n or c (plural aarden, diminutive aardsje)

1. nature, character

• “aard (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011