har

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

Contents

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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 forms

• harre

Noun

har (plural hars)

1. (dialectal) A hinge.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

• hardy har har

Interjection

har

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

Anagrams

• RHA, rah

---

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German har.

Adverb

har

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

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld: Huber & co.

---

Basque

Noun

har

1. worm, caterpillar

See also

• arr
• beldar
• zizare

---

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• haar

Etymology

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

Noun

har n

1. (Luserna, Thirteen Communities, anatomy) hair

References

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

---

Danish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

har

1. present tense of have

---

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

har f (plural harren)

1. (dated) hinge

   Synonym: scharnier

Etymology 2

Noun

har f (plural harren, diminutive harretje n)

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

   Synonym: kier

---

Faroese

Adverb

har (not comparable)

1. there

Antonyms

• her

Related terms

• hagar (“thither”)
• haðani

---

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɾˠ/

Noun

har

1. h-prothesized form of ar

---

Karaim

Determiner

har

1. every
2. each

References

• dnathan.com

---

Koyra Chiini

Noun

har

1. man

References

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

---

Middle English

Determiner

har

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

References

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

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːɾ/

Verb

har

1. present tense of ha

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

Verb

har

1. present tense of ha

---

Occitan

Verb

har

1. (Gascony) Alternative form of faire

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

---

Old English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːr/

Adjective

hār

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

Declension

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

Descendants

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

---

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

hār n

1. hair

Descendants

• Middle High German: hār
  • Alemannic German: Härre

    Swabian: Hoar

    Walser: haar, hoar, hoor, hàre

  • Bavarian: hoor

    Cimbrian: har, haar

    Mòcheno: hor

  • Central Franconian: Hoor
  • German: Haar
  • Luxembourgish: Hoer
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Haar

  • Yiddish: האָר‎ (hor)

---

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

hār n

1. hair

Declension

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

Descendants

• Swedish: hår

---

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάρις (kháris).

Noun

har m

1. grace

---

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːr/

Verb

har

1. present tense of ha.

---

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هر‎ (har).

Determiner

har

1. each
2. every
3. any

---

West Frisian

Pronoun

har

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

Usage notes

• 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.