See also: baart

German edit

Noun edit

Baart m (strong, genitive Baartes or Baarts, plural Bärte)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of Bart

German Low German edit

Alternative forms edit

  • bård (New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology edit

Either from Middle Low German bârt, from Old Saxon bārd, with an unusual shift of medial /d/ to /t/ or borrowed from German Bart. In either case ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz. More at beard.

Noun edit

Baart m (plural Baarten)

  1. beard
    • 2011, Johann Beerens, Einundzwanzig Geschichten up hoch un platt, page 196:
      Wat was dat'n moije Bild. Nu wassen dat wall acht of tein lüttje Wiehnachtsmannen waarn: Skebellskuppen ut de olle Kist', Baarten van Watte of witte Hüüsel, Poolen un Kaapen ut roode Tüch.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German and Old High German bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Baart m (plural Bäärt)

  1. beard
    Er hod en lange Baart.
    He has a long beard.

Declension edit

Further reading edit

Limburgish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*bʰardʰéh₂

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Baart m (plural Bäärt, diminutive Bäätsche or Bäärtje) (German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Eupen spelling)

  1. beard
  2. (figurative) food or drink residue around the mouth

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German bart, from Old High German bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Baart m (plural Bäert)

  1. beard
  2. whiskers

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German and Old High German bart. Compare German Bart, Dutch baard, English beard.

Noun edit

Baart m (plural Baert)

  1. beard
  2. chin