waard

• IPA^(key): /ʋaːrt/

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• Hyphenation: waard
• Rhymes: -aːrt

From Middle Dutch wāert, wēert, from Old Dutch *wert, from Proto-Germanic *werduz.^[1]

waard m (plural waarden, diminutive waardje n, feminine waardin)

1. a innkeeper, a publican

   Synonyms: herbergier, kastelein

   Hyponym: waardin

2. a landlord, a host
3. (obsolete) the master of the household; a husband,
4. (obsolete) a protector, a lord

• hoerenwaard
• waardin
• zoals de waard is, vertrouwt hij zijn gasten

From Middle Dutch wert, wāert, from Old Dutch werth, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz.^[1]

waard (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. (following a noun phrase) worth

   Dat geld is niets waard.

   That money is worth nothing.

• waarde
• waarderen

• Negerhollands: weert, waard

From Middle Dutch wāert, wēert, wert, from Old Dutch *werith, from Proto-West Germanic *wariþ, from Proto-Germanic *wariþa-, *waruþa-.^[1]

waard f or m (plural waarden, diminutive waardje n)

1. a holm, holme, an area surrounded by rivers
2. a type of foreland, outside a local system of dikes
3. a dwelling mound

   Synonym: terp

waard m (plural waarden, diminutive waardje n)

1. Alternative form of woerd (“male duck”)