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Haar

See also: haar and hår

English edit

 
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Proper noun edit

Haar

  1. A municipality near Munich, Germany.

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German edit

 
Haare

Etymology edit

From Middle High German and Old High German hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”).

Compare Dutch haar, West Frisian hier, English hair, Danish hår.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /haːr/, [haːʁ], [haːɐ̯], [haː]
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  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Noun edit

Haar n (strong, genitive Haares or Haars, plural Haare, diminutive Härchen n)

  1. hair

Usage notes edit

  • When referring to a person's hair collectively, the singular may be used with no article, as is common in English: Sie hat graues Haar. – "She has grey hair." However in German, unlike English, it is more common to use the plural: Sie hat graue Haare. When referring to an individual hair, the indefinite article is used: Sie hat ein graues Haar. – "She has a (single) grey hair".

Declension edit

Declension of Haar [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Haar die Haare
genitive eines des Haares, Haars der Haare
dative einem dem Haar, Haare1 den Haaren
accusative ein das Haar die Haare

1Now rare, see notes.

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Further reading edit

  • “Haar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Haar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Haar” in Duden online
  •   Haar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German and Old High German hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār. Compare German Haar, Dutch haar, English hair, Swedish hår.

Noun edit

Haar n

  1. (anatomy) hair
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