aaber

• oober
• ääber (Berner Oberland)

From Middle High German āber, from Old High German ābar, from Latin aprīcus (“sunny, warmed by the sun”). Alternatively, a derivative of beran (“to bear”), meaning “not bearing (snow)”. Cognate with German aper.

aaber

1. snow-free, snowless

• Äberi

• “āber”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume I, 1885–2020, column 39
• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 22.

aaber

1. Shetland form of aber (“sharp”)

aaber

1. Shetland form of aber (“to sharpen”)

• “aaber” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

aaber

1. Orkney form of abir

• “aaber, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.