waard

• Rhymes: -aːrt

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From Middle Dutch waert, weert. Cognate with German Wirt and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wairdus).[1]

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

1. An innkeeper, publican
2. A landlord, host
3. (obsolete) The master of the household; a husband
4. (obsolete) A protector, lord

• (innkeeper) herbergier m, kastelein m

• waardin (female innkeeper)

From Middle Dutch wert, waert, from Old Dutch werth, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz. Cognate with English worth, German wert, Old Norse verðr.[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

From Middle Dutch waert, weert, wert. Cognate with Old English waroþ.[1]

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

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

• (dwelling mound) terp

• uiterwaard
• Alblasserwaard
• Albrandswaard
• Bommelerwaard
• Fraterwaard
• Hoeksche waard
• Krimpenerwaard
• Lopikerwaard
• Marnewaard
• Tielerwaard

Germanic, unclear.

waard m (plural waarden, diminutive waardje n)

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