Gertrude is analysed as Ger-trude by all serious name researchers. -gard is almost exclusively a deutorotheme in
German names and has the vowel a throughout, and it is feminine in
German.
Gert in
German is a contraction of
Gerhard and masculine, unlike Norwegian
Gerd that is feminine.
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