paard

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Meaning

  1. (neuter) a horse, Equus caballus or Equus ferus
  2. (neuter) a knight
  3. (neuter) a pommel horse
  4. (neuter) a rope hanging beneath a spar or other horizontal beam, often fixed in place by other ropes
  5. (derogatory,neuter,offensive) an ugly woman

Frequency

A2
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/paːrt/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch pert, pāert, from Old Dutch *pered, *perid, from Proto-West Germanic *parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus. Compare German Pferd. Doublet of palefroot.

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