# gård
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål gård, Swedish gård, English yard, Dutch gaard. Related to gærde (“fence, wall”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔːˀr/, [ˈɡ̊ɒˀ]
* Homophone: går

### Noun

gård c (singular definite gården, plural indefinite gårde)
* farm, estate, land (property in the countryside)
* court, courtyard, yard, patio (an open space enclosed by walls or buildings)
* playground, schoolyard

#### Derived terms

* abildgård c
* avlsgård c
* baggård c
* banegård c
* bilkirkegård c
* bispegård c
* bondegård c
* borggård c
* brugsgård c
* fattiggård c
* forgård c
* fædrenegård c
* fæstegård c
* godsbanegård c
* grønnegård c
* gæstgivergård c
* gårdejer c
* gårdhave c
* gårdhavehus n
* gårdlænge c
* gårdmand c
* gårdmusikant c
* gårdrydning c
* gårdsanger c
* gårdsbredde c
* gårdskarl c
* gårdsplads c
* gårdtur c
* gårdvagt c
* herregård c
* hovedbanegård c
* hovedgård c
* hønsegård c
* kirkegård c
* kongsgård c
* kravlegård c
* købmandsgård c
* ladegård c
* ormegård c
* præstegård c
* selvejergård c
* skolegård c
* skærgård c
* slægtsgård c
* sognegård c
* urtegård c
* vingård c
* ødegård c
* ålegård c

### References

* “gård” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Danish gård (“farm, estate; court, yard”), from Old Danish garth, from Old Norse garðr (“fence; yard, court; house”), from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, court, yard, garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose, encircle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoːɽ/, IPA: /ɡoːɾ/

### Noun

gård m (definite singular gården, indefinite plural gårder, definite plural gårdene)
* farm, estate, land
    Bjørnar jobber på en gård.Bjørnar works on a farm.
* courtyard

#### Alternative forms

* gard

#### Derived terms

* avlsgård
* bakgård
* bondegård
* forretningsgård
* gårdsarbeid
* gårdsarbeider
* gårdsbruk
* gårdskatt
* herregård
* hovedgård
* kirkegård
* prestegård
* sauegård
* skjærgård
* skolegård
* vingård

### References

* “gård” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

gård m (definite singular gården, indefinite plural gårdar, definite plural gårdane)
* (pre-1984) alternative form of gard: townhouse

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish garþer, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoːrd/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gård c
* a property with houses in the countryside (sometimes along with farmland, pasture, etc.); a country estate, a homestead, a ranch
** a farm
    Synonym: bondgård
* a property with a main building and smaller buildings (more generally); often translatable as "center"
    kursgårdcourse center [such a property where education is carried out]
* (in some idiomatic cases) a property (even more generally); often translatable as "center" as well
    ungdomsgårdyouth center
* a yard (open area adjoining a house or other building)
    Barnen lekte på gårdenThe kids were playing in the yard
** a courtyard
    Synonym: innergård
* a yard (enclosed area designated for a specific purpose)
    vingårdvineyard

#### Derived terms

* bakgård c
* bilkyrkogård c
* bondgård c
* borggård c
* bygdegård c
* Djurgården c
* fritidsgård c
* gammal i gårde
* Gårdarike n
* gårdfarihandel c
* gårdsbryggeri n
* gårdsbutik c
* gårdshus n
* gårdskors n
* gårdsmejeri n
* gårdsmästare c
* gårdsnamn n
* gårdsplan n
* gårdsrätt c
* gårdvar c
* hembygdsgård c
* herrgård c
* hundgård c
* hönsgård c
* kyrkogård c
* ladugård c
* lustgård c
* målgård c
* nästgårds
* prästgård c
* skolgård c
* skärgård c
* trädgård c
* ungdomsgård c
* vingård c

### References

* gård in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* gård in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* gård in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)