waar
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwaːr/, [ˈwaːɾ]
- Hyphenation: waar
Declension
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absolutive | wáar | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | wáara | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | wáar | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | wáar | |||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “waar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑːr/
Etymology 1
From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch waer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.
Etymology 2
From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.
Derived terms
Bavarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βaː/
Audio (file)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋaːr/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: waar
- Rhymes: -aːr
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wāer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. Cognate with English where.
Adverb
waar
- (interrogative) where, in which place
- Waar is Jan?
- Where is John?
- (relative) where, the place that
- Dit is waar hij woont.
- This is where he lives.
- (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
- Waar is dat goed voor?
- What is that good for?
- (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
- Dit is waar dat goed voor is.
- This is what that is good for.
Usage notes
With a preposition, waar is used instead of wat to create a pronominal adverb. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.
Derived terms
See Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.
Adjective
waar (not comparable)
- true
- authentic
- Synonyms: echt, authentiek
- Antonyms: onecht, vals
- legitimate
Inflection
Inflection of waar | ||||
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uninflected | waar | |||
inflected | ware | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | waar | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | ware | ||
n. sing. | waar | |||
plural | ware | |||
definite | ware | |||
partitive | waars |
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch wāre, from Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō, probably related to *waraz (“wary, watchful”). Cognate with English ware.
Derived terms
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Kalasha
Kamarian
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔːr/
Adverb
waar
Synonyms
- woneem, 'neem
Nzadi
Further reading
- Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN