Narr
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognate with German Narr, Yiddish נאַר (nar).
Noun edit
Narr m
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 66.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognates include Yiddish נאַר (nar), Bavarian Noar, German Low German Narr, Dutch nar, West Frisian nar, Saterland Frisian Naar, Danish nar, Swedish narr.
Pronunciation edit
- (most of Germany, parts of Austria) IPA(key): /nar/, [näɐ̯], [naː]
- (Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland) IPA(key): /nar/, [när], [nɑr]
- Homophone: na
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Noun edit
Narr m (weak, genitive Narren, plural Narren, feminine Närrin)
- (dated) fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)
- (historical) jester, fool
- 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two][1]:
- Mein alter Narr ging, fürcht’ ich, weit in’s Weite; / Nimm seinen Platz und komm an meine Seite
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- carnival enthusiast
- Synonyms: Karnevalist, Fastnachter
- Used in compounds to indicate an obsession; freak
- Auto (“car”) + Narr → Autonarr (“car freak”)
- Pferd (“horse”) + Narr → Pferdenarr (“horse lover”)
- Waffe (“weapon”) + Narr → Waffennarr (“gun nut”)
Declension edit
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Descendants edit
See also edit
- Eulenspiegel
- Eulenspiegelei
- eulenspiegelhaft (> eulenspiegelhafter Witz (“sly humor”))
- Till Eulenspiegel
- Ulenspiegel
Further reading edit
German Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German narre, from Old Saxon *narro, from Proto-West Germanic *narrō. Compare Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro.
Noun edit
Narr m (plural Narren)
See also edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognate with German Narr, Yiddish נאַר (nar).
Noun edit
Narr m (plural Narre)