Förde

From Low German Föörd(e) (“ford, shallow water, firth”), from Middle Low German vȫrde, byform (perhaps originally plural) of vōrt, from Proto-Germanic *furduz. Doublet of inherited Furt (“ford, river passage”) and of Fjord (“fjord”), from Old Norse fjǫrðr. This latter may also have influenced the sense of the Low German.

• IPA^(key): /ˈføːrdə/, /ˈfœrdə/, [ˈføːɐ̯.də], [ˈfœɐ̯-], [ˈfœʁ-]

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Förde f (genitive Förde, plural Förden)

1. firth, fjord, a long, narrow bay of the sea

   Synonym: Fjord m

• Förde is generally used of northern Germany and Fjord of Scandinavia. Elsewhere either form is possible, though Fjord is predominant.

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