Danish word query

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Kobmandsgaard? Does it mean stables. It looks to me where a horse carriage has stopped with a woman getting off. There a couple of small shops around the courtyard.

 

I unsucccessfully tried online translation but maybe this is old word no longer used.

 

Thanks for any help - much appreciated.

[Inchiquin]

2 minutes googling told me that købmand is the Danish equivalent of the German word Kaufmann (merchant) and gaard means yard. So merchant's yard - market place?

 

Alan

 

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4 minutes ago, Inchiquin said:

2 minutes googling told me that købmand is the Danish equivalent of the German word Kaufmann (merchant) and gaard means yard. So merchant's yard - market place?

 

Alan

 

 

Thanks Alan

[Inchiquin]

And just to reinforce what I said above, kaufen ( to buy, i.e. to be a merchant) is directly related to the old English word cepen, seen in place names such as Chippenham and Chipping Norton indicating a market town.

 

Alan