daer

See also: där

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thar, from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːr/

Adverb

dâer

1. Demonstrative uses:
   1. there
   2. to there, thither
   3. then
2. Relative uses:
   1. where
   2. to where, whither
   3. whereupon, after which
   4. where, with who
   5. wherewith
   6. about which

Usage notes

In unstressed position, it may be reduced to der or er, enclitically also -re.

Descendants

• Dutch: daar, d'r, er
• Limburgish: daer, dao

Conjunction

dâer

1. if, when
2. because
3. while
4. when

Descendants

• Dutch: daar

Further reading

• “daer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “daer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “daer”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Pennsylvania German

Determiner

daer

1. this

Declension

Declension of daer

	singular				plural
	m	f	n
nominative	daer	die	des		die
dative	dem	daerre, darre	dem		denne
accusative	daer	die	des		die

Pronoun

daer (demonstrative)

1. this, this one

Declension

Declension of daer

	singular				plural
	m	f	n
nominative	daer	die	des		die
dative	dem	daerre, darre	dem		denne
accusative	daer	die	des		die