haar

See also Haar

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Scots.

Noun

haar

1. Coastal fog along certain lands bordering the North Sea.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch haar.

Pronoun

haar (nominative sy)

1. her (third-person singular feminine object pronoun)
2. her; hers (third-person singular feminine possessive pronoun)

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive
singular	1st	ek	my
	2nd	jy	jou
	2nd, formal	u
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy
	3rd, fem	sy	haar
	3rd, neut	dit		sy
plural	1st	ons
	2nd	julle		julle / jul1
	3rd	hulle		hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːr
• IPA: /ɦaːr/

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch haer, from Old Dutch hiro, from Proto-Germanic *hezōi.

Pronoun

haar f

1. (personal) her

   Ik zeg haar (1) dat ze haar (2) haar (3) door haar (4) moet laten verzorgen.

   I tell her (1) that she must take care of her (2) hair (3) by her (4).

   (1) dative personal pronoun, (2) possessive determiner, (3) noun, (4) accusative personal pronoun

Declension

Dutch personal pronouns

	subject		object		possessive			reflexive
singular	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	ik	'k1	mij	me	mijn	m'n1	mijne	me
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je
2nd person dialectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich
3rd person masculine	hij	ie1	hem	'm1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich
3rd person feminine	zij	ze	haar	'r1, d'r1	haar	'r1, d'r1	hare	zich
3rd person neuter	het	't1	het	't1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons, onze2	–	onze	ons
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je
2nd person dialectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich
3rd person	zij	ze	hen3, hun4	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective.				3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch haer, from Old Dutch hira, from Proto-Germanic *hezōz.

Determiner

haar (dependent possessive, independent possessive hare, contracted form 'r)

1. Third-person singular, feminine possessive pronoun: her
   • Wikipedia, Dood van Diana Frances Spencer

     Op 31 augustus 1997 overleed Diana Frances Spencer, Prinses van Wales bij een auto-ongeluk in een tunnel bij de Pont de l'Alma in Parijs, samen met haar vriend Dodi Al-Fayed en hun chauffeur. — On August 31, 1997, Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales, died in a car accident in a tunnel by the Pont de l'Alma in Paris, together with her friend Dodi Al-Fayed and their driver.

Declension

Dutch personal pronouns

	subject		object		possessive			reflexive
singular	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	ik	'k1	mij	me	mijn	m'n1	mijne	me
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je
2nd person dialectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich
3rd person masculine	hij	ie1	hem	'm1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich
3rd person feminine	zij	ze	haar	'r1, d'r1	haar	'r1, d'r1	hare	zich
3rd person neuter	het	't1	het	't1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons, onze2	–	onze	ons
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je
2nd person dialectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich
3rd person	zij	ze	hen3, hun4	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective.				3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch haer, from Old Dutch *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”). Compare German Haar, West Frisian hier, English hair, Danish hår.

Noun

haar n (plural haren, diminutive haartje)

1. hair

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Scots

Noun

haar (uncountable)

1. sea fog