Gert
noun
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
Gert
American
[gurt]
/ gɜrt /
noun
gert
British
/ ɡɜːt /
adverb
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"Surface freshwater, Stegodon and Homo floresiensis all decline at the same time, showing the compounding effects of ecological stress," UOW Honorary Fellow Dr. Gert van den Berg said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
"So now we are in the first part of the tunnel," announces senior construction manager Anders Gert Wede, as we walk inside the future highway.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
While most people had spent the previous week worrying about storms such as Emily, Gert, Herold and Franklin, Idalia took form off the Yucatan Peninsula and suddenly lashed out.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2023
Harold, which follows the storms Emily, Franklin and Gert, was expected to move inland over South Texas by noon, the Hurricane Center said in an advisory.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
Gert looked up and saw the river moving toward her luggage.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
"When they tubs o' ready-cracked sugar fust come'd down to Seacombe, 'twer thought a gert thing—an' so 'twas."
From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
All on a sudden I were stannin' i' a gert park, and eh! but there were grand trees.
From Tales of the Ridings by C. Vaughan
At first I thowt it were happen a gert stone that I'd left i' t' grund, but it were nowt o' sort.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman
Then com a woman donned e white, A mantle gert she wore; A nicer lukin, smarter form, I nivver saw afore.
From Random Rhymes and Rambles by William Aldis Wright
Ay, an' Janet saw t' sun too, an' when it were like a gert gowden ball at top o' t' hill, shoo pointed her wand at t' sun an' started dancin' aboon t' watterfall.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman
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