Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en gård

yard, (country) estate, farm/ɡoːrd/

Meaning

yard; (country) estate; farm

In Swedish: markområde inhägnat av byggnader

Forms

Forms of gård
Singular, indefiniteen gård
Singular, definitegården
Plural, indefinitegårdar
Plural, definitegårdarna

gård is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor gård, den stora gården. Check another noun

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Is it en gård or ett gård?

gård in a sentence

  • kursgård
    course center [such a property where education is carried out]
  • ungdomsgård
    youth center
  • Barnen lekte på gården
    The kids were playing in the yard
  • vingård
    vineyard

Words built with gård

Questions

What does gård mean in English?

gård means “yard, (country) estate”.

Is it en gård or ett gård?

It is en gård, and “the yard” is gården.

What is the plural of gård?

The plural of gård is gårdar, and the definite plural is gårdarna.

Similar words

farm

Where the course teaches it

Origin

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

Nearby common words

gård is number 1,691 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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  • 1,688glada happy, glad (plural and definite form)
  • 1,689främling alien, foreigner
  • 1,690jobbigt annoying, Bothersome
  • 1,692by village, gust
  • 1,693himla awful, really
  • 1,694kaka cake, cookie
  • 1,695skilja separate, part, sever; divide, distinguish, differentiate, tell apart
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