aarde
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch aarde, from Middle Dutch āerde, from Old Dutch ertha, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.
Pronunciation
Noun
aarde (plural aardes, diminutive aardetjie)
- Earth (planet)
- 1917, Christiaan Louis Leipoldt, Praatjies met die Kinders, page 115:
- Die sterre van sij stelsel het miskien ook eenmaal gebrand en hulle eie lig uitgegee, maar vandag is hulle morsdood en koud, net soos ons ou aarde.
- The stars of its system have perhaps once burned and emitted their own light as well, but today they are stone-dead and cold, just like our old Earth.
- 1990, Tydskrif vir volkskunde en volkstaal, page 6:
- Koning Leeu belê 'n groot bosberaad, en hulle besluit eenparig om al die riviere op te dam sodat die water oor die aarde stoot en die ganse mensgeslag verdrink.
- King Lion convokes a large forest council, and they decide unanimously to dam all the rivers so that the water crashes over the Earth and the entire human race drowns.
- (uncountable) earth, ground, soil
- 1976, Tydskrif vir volkskunde en volkstaal, volume 32, page 11:
- Veral in die dae van Mundt, die vooruitstrewende boer wat twee tuiniers uit Duitsland ingevoer het, is die vrugteboord oor 'n groot lap aarde uitgebrei.
- In the days of Mundt in particular, that forward-thinking farmer who brought two market-gardeners from Germany over, the orchard expanded over a large tract of ground.
Alternative forms
- (Earth): Aarde
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch āerde, from Old Dutch ertha, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. False cognate of Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ).
Noun
aarde f (plural aardes, diminutive aardetje n)
- earth, soil, ground
- (electricity) earth, ground
Derived terms
The final -e is usually dropped in compounds.
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
aarde
Estonian
Noun
aarde
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