Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett garde

guards

Meaning

guards

In Swedish: livvakt, livregemente

Forms

Forms of garde
Singular, indefiniteett garde
Singular, definitegardet
Plural, indefinitegarden
Plural, definitegardena

garde is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort garde, det stora gardet. Check another noun

Practise garde

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Is it en garde or ett garde?

garde in a sentence

  • presidentens garde
    the president's guards
  • det gamla gardet inom partiet
    the old guard of the party

Questions

What does garde mean in English?

garde means “guards”.

Is it en garde or ett garde?

It is ett garde, and “the guards” is gardet.

What is the plural of garde?

The plural of garde is garden, and the definite plural is gardena.

Origin

From French garde, from French garder.

Nearby common words

garde is number 3,776 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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