abildgård

See also: Abildgård

Danish

Noun

abildgård

  1. orchard, fruit garden
    • 2011, Jens Ove Trans, Haverne ved de danske cistercienserklostre, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 99:
      Den eneste omtale af en abildgård ved de danske cistercienserklostre er en abildgård som abbed Pedders hus ligger ude i, ...
      The only reference to a fruit garden by the Danish Cistercian monasteries is a fruit garden that abbot Pedder's house lies in, ...
    • 2012, Kim Leine, Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      En kålgård? Hvorfor ikke en kornmark eller en abildgård?
      A cabbage garden? Why not a grain field or a fruit garden?
    • 2016, Anne Marie Ejrnæs, Thomas Ripenseren, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Den førte ind til en abildgård med blomstrende frugttræer, æble og kirsebær, og op ad murene sås espalier til den sydlandske vin.
      It opened into a fruit garden with blooming fruit trees, apple and cherry, and clinging to the walls were espaliers for southern wine.
    • 2001, Ib Michael, Kejserens atlas, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Det var en abildgård med paradisæbler og kirsebærtræer.
      It was a fruit garden with Siberian crabapple and cherry trees.

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

A growing apple orchard in Ringerike, Norway.

Etymology

abild +‎ gård, first part from Danish abild (“European crab apple”), from Old Danish apæld, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”), from Proto-Germanic *apaldraz (“apple tree”).

Last part from Danish gård (“farm, estate; court, yard”), from Old Danish garth, from Old Norse garðr (“fence; yard, court; house”), from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, court, yard, garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose, encircle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːbɪlɡoːr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oːr
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ild‧gård

Noun

abildgård m (definite singular abildgården, indefinite plural abildgårder, definite plural abildgårdene)

  1. (poetic, obsolete) an apple orchard
    Synonym: eplehage
    • 1852, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter I, page 218:
      abildgaardens hvide fane
      the white flag of the apple orchard

Derived terms

  • Abildgaardsgade (“a street in Copenhagen, Denmark”)
  • Abildgaards gate (“a formet street in Oslo, Norway”)

References

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