Peerd

German Low German

Alternative forms
  • Peert (Perd, Pert)
  • Päärd (rare)
  • (in other dialects) Pierd, Pird (plural Pird')
    • Piert (rare)
  • Piärd (Westphalian)
    • Piäd (alternatively in Münsterländisch, rare)
    • piäd (Vest Recklinghausen)

Etymology

From Middle Low German pêrt, from Old Saxon parafreth, from Proto-West Germanic *parafred.

Noun

Peerd n (plural Peer or Peerd)

  1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) horse (hoofed mammal)

References
  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
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