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gjord

gjord

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gjord

  1. masculine and feminine past participle of gjera and gjere

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jʊɖː/ (standard Swedish) IPA(key): /juːrd/ (some dialects)
  • Homophones: hjord, jord (both if you pronounce it non-standard Swedish-wise with a long o-sound)

Etymology 1

past participle of göra.

Adjective

gjord

  1. made, done
    som gjorda för varann
    as if made for each other
Declension
Inflection of gjord
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular gjord
Neuter singular gjort
Plural gjorda
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 gjorde
All gjorda
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish giorþ, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō.[1]

Noun

gjord c

  1. a girth (belt around a horse)
Declension
Inflection of gjord 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gjord gjorden gjordar gjordarna
Genitive gjords gjordens gjordars gjordarnas
Related terms
  • bukgjord
  • däckelgjord
  • sadelgjord
  • tömkörningsgjord

See also

References

  1. gjord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)