aarde

See also: Aarde

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch aarde, from Middle Dutch āerde, from Old Dutch ertha, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːr.də/

• Audio:

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Noun

aarde (plural aardes, diminutive aardetjie)

2. 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.

3. (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

• aard-

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːr.də/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aar‧de
• Rhymes: -aːrdə

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)

1. earth, soil, ground

   Synonyms: grond, bodem

   Een kudde wisenten heeft de aarde hier vertrapt. ― A herd of European bison has trampled the soil here.

   De vochtige aarde ruikt goed. ― The moist soil smells good.

2. (electricity) earth, ground

Alternative forms

• aard

Derived terms

The final -e is usually dropped in compounds.

• aardachtig
• aardappel
• aardebaan
• aarden
• aardewerk
• aardgebonden
• aardkunde
• aardlaag
• aardman
• aardolie
• aardrijkskunde
• aards
• aardvarken
• aardworm
• aardzwaluw
• beaarden
• veraarden
• voeten in de aarde hebben

Related terms

• Aarde

Descendants

• Afrikaans: aarde
• Negerhollands: aarde, adu, aerde
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: adu, ard (archaic)
• → Indonesian: arde

See also

• aard

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aarde

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of aarden

Estonian

Noun

aarde

1. genitive singular of aare