gardin

See also: Gardin and gardîn

Danish

Etymology

From German Gardine (curtain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡardiːn/, [ɡ̊ɑˈd̥iːˀn]

Noun

gardin n (singular definite gardinet, plural indefinite gardiner)

  1. curtain
  2. drape, drapes
  3. blind (covering for a window)

Inflection


Middle English

Noun

gardin

  1. Alternative form of gardyn

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Northern French gardin, diminutive (compare Vulgar Latin hortus gardinus) or oblique form of *gard, from Old Norse garðr (yard, garden), from Proto-Germanic *gardô, from *gardaz (yard). Compare French jardin, from Old French jardin.

Noun

gardin m (plural gardins)

  1. (Guernsey) garden
    • 2006, Nellie Duquemin, ‘Au haut du gardin’, P'tites Lures Normanes, Cromwell Press 2006, page 38:
      Au haut des notre gardin y a en petit maisaon.
      At the top of our garden there is a privy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin cortina, via German Gardine

Noun

gardin m or f or n (definite singular gardinen or gardina or gardinet, indefinite plural gardiner or gardin, definite plural gardinene or gardina)

  1. a curtain

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin cortina, via German Gardine

Noun

gardin f (definite singular gardina, indefinite plural gardiner, definite plural gardinene)
gardin n (definite singular gardinet, indefinite plural gardin, definite plural gardina)

  1. a curtain

References


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of Germanic origin. See English garden.

Noun

gardin m (oblique plural gardins, nominative singular gardins, nominative plural gardin)

  1. (Picardy, Anglo-Norman) garden (large outdoor area with plants and trees)

Descendants


Swedish

Etymology

From Low German Gardine, from Early Modern Dutch gardine (contemporary Dutch gordijn), from French courtine, from Medieval Latin cōrtīna (curtain), from Latin cohors.

Noun

gardin c

  1. a curtain

Declension

Declension of gardin 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gardin gardinen gardiner gardinerna
Genitive gardins gardinens gardiners gardinernas

References

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