Alemannic German

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Alternative forms

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  • Garte (northeast and southwest Switzerland)

Etymology

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

Noun

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Gaarte m (plural Gäärte)

  1. (Sense, Uri) garden

References

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  • 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.