gaar

See also: går, GAAR, and gãar

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gaer (“ready”), from Old Dutch garo (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”). More at yare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaːr/

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• Hyphenation: gaar
• Rhymes: -aːr

Adjective

gaar (comparative gaarder, superlative gaarst)

1. (of food, especially meat and vegetables) well-cooked; done; ready for consumption
2. (figuratively, of a person) finished, exhausted
3. (slang) annoying, bad

Inflection

Inflection of gaar
uninflected	gaar
inflected	gare
comparative	gaarder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		gaar	gaarder	het gaarst het gaarste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	gare	gaardere	gaarste
	n. sing.	gaar	gaarder	gaarste
	plural	gare	gaardere	gaarste
definite		gare	gaardere	gaarste
partitive		gaars	gaarders	—

Derived terms

• gaarkeuken

Descendants

• Negerhollands: gaar
• Petjo: gaar
• Skepi Creole Dutch: gar

Verb

gaar

1. inflection of garen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Somali

Verb

gaar

1. to reach