erda

See also: erða

Old High German

Alternative forms

• haerda

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *erþu, whence also Old Saxon and Old Dutch ertha, Old Frisian erthe, Old English eorþe, Old Norse jǫrð, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.da/

Noun

ërda f

1. (astronomy) The Earth
2. earth, ground, soil

Declension

Declension of ërda (ō-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ërda	ërdā
accusative	ërda	ërdā
genitive	ërda	ërdōno
dative	ërdu	ërdōm

Descendants

• Middle High German: ërde
  • Alemannic German: Ëërde
  • Bavarian: Erd, Erdn

    Cimbrian: èerda

  • Central Franconian: Ääd, Erd (Moselle Franconian), Äerd

    Hunsrik: Äerd

    Kölsch: Äd

  • German: Erde
  • Luxembourgish: Äerd
  • Rhine Franconian: Erd

    Pennsylvania German: Erd, Aerd, Eaht

  • Vilamovian: Ād
  • Yiddish: ערד (erd)

Old Saxon

Noun

erda f

1. alternative form of ertha