har

See also: Har, hár, Hár, hār, här, hår, and Appendix:Variations of "har"

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (“hinge; cardinal point”), from Proto-Germanic *herzô (“hinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Cognate with Scots herre, harr, har (“hinge”), Dutch harre, her, har (“hinge”), Icelandic hjarri (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”).

Alternative formsEdit

• harre

NounEdit

har (plural hars)

1. (dialectal) A hinge.

Etymology 2Edit

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative formsEdit

• hardy har har

InterjectionEdit

har

1. A sound of laughter, with a sarcastic connotation.

AnagramsEdit

• RHA, rah

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Alemannic GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German har.

AdverbEdit

har

1. (Uri) hither, here (to this place)

ReferencesEdit

• Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co.

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BasqueEdit

NounEdit

har

1. worm, caterpillar

See alsoEdit

• arr
• beldar
• zizare

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CimbrianEdit

NounEdit

har n

1. (anatomy, Luserna, Thirteen Communities) hair

ReferencesEdit

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /haːr/, [hɑːˀ]
• Rhymes: -aːˀr

VerbEdit

har

1. present tense of have

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑr/
• Hyphenation: har
• Rhymes: -ɑr

Etymology 1Edit

Unknown.

NounEdit

har f (plural harren)

1. (dated) hinge

   Synonym: scharnier

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

har f (plural harren, diminutive harretje n)

1. (dialectal, chiefly diminutive) gap, narrow opening (especially of doors, windows and hatches)

   Synonym: kier

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FaroeseEdit

AdverbEdit

har (not comparable)

1. there

AntonymsEdit

• her

Related termsEdit

• hagar (“thither”)
• haðani

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IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /haɾˠ/

NounEdit

har

1. h-prothesized form of ar

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Koyra ChiiniEdit

NounEdit

har

1. man

ReferencesEdit

• Jeffrey Heath, A Grammar of Koyra Chiini: The Songhay of Timbuktu

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Middle EnglishEdit

DeterminerEdit

har

1. (chiefly West Midland and Kentish dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)

ReferencesEdit

• “her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /hɑːɾ/

VerbEdit

har

1. present tense of ha

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /hɑːr/ (example of pronunciation)

VerbEdit

har

1. present tense of ha

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OccitanEdit

VerbEdit

har

1. (Gascony) Alternative form of faire

ConjugationEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *hairaz, from Proto-Indo-European *key-, *koy-. Cognate with Old High German hēr (German hehr (“august, holy”)), Old Norse hárr (“grey”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”), Old Saxon hēr. Non-Germanic cognates include Sanskrit केतु (ketu, “light, torch”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /hɑːr/

AdjectiveEdit

hār

1. Grey-haired, old and grey, venerable.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of har — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hār	hār	hār
Accusative	hārne	hāre	hār
Genitive	hāres	hārre	hāres
Dative	hārum	hārre	hārum
Instrumental	hāre	hārre	hāre
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hāre	hāra, -e	hār
Accusative	hāre	hāra, -e	hār
Genitive	hārra	hārra	hārra
Dative	hārum	hārum	hārum
Instrumental	hārum	hārum	hārum

Declension of har — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hāra	hāre	hāre
Accusative	hāran	hāran	hāre
Genitive	hāran	hāran	hāran
Dative	hāran	hāran	hāran
Instrumental	hāran	hāran	hāran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hāran	hāran	hāran
Accusative	hāran	hāran	hāran
Genitive	hārra, hārena	hārra, hārena	hārra, hārena
Dative	hārum	hārum	hārum
Instrumental	hārum	hārum	hārum

DescendantsEdit

• Middle English: hor, hore
  • English: hoar
  • Scots: hare, hair

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Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”). Compare Old Saxon hār, Old English her, hǣr, Old Norse hár.

NounEdit

hār n

1. hair

DescendantsEdit

• Middle High German: hār
  • Alemannic German: Härre
  • Central Franconian: Hoor
  • German: Haar
    • Esperanto: haro
  • Luxembourgish: Hoer
  • Yiddish: האָר‎ (hor)

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Old SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.

NounEdit

hār n

1. hair

DeclensionEdit

Declension of hār (a-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hār	hārit	hār	hārin
accusative	hār	hārit	hār	hārin
dative	hāri, -e	hārinu, -eno	hārum, -om	hārumin, -omen
genitive	hārs	hārsins	hāra	hāranna

DescendantsEdit

• Swedish: hår

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάρις (kháris).

NounEdit

har m

1. grace

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /hɑːr/

VerbEdit

har

1. present tense of ha.

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UzbekEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Persian هر‎ (har).

DeterminerEdit

har

1. each
2. every
3. any

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West FrisianEdit

PronounEdit

har

1. her (object and possessive)
2. them
3. their

Usage notesEdit

• Harren is used for "their" when there is one thing being possessed by all of "them". "Har" is used for "their" when more than one thing is being possessed.