Gerte

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gerte, Old High German gartia (β€œrod, twig, staff”). Cognate with Old Norse gaddr, Old English gād, English goad, Gothic πŒ²πŒ°πŒΆπŒ³πƒ (gazds), Latin hasta (β€œspear”).[1]

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Noun

Gerte f (genitive Gerte, plural Gerten)

  1. crop (implement)

References
  1. Gerte in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
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