laars

See also: Laars and lårs

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -aːrs

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch leerse, laerse, from syncope of unattested *lederse, contracted from *lederhose, from leder + hose. Compare German Lederhose (from which Dutch lederhose), where no contraction occurred.

NounEdit

laars f (plural laarzen, diminutive laarsje n)

1. boot

SynonymsEdit

• bot f (Flanders)
• stevel

Derived termsEdit

• laarzenknecht m
• laarzen (verb)
• laarzenmaker m
• laarzenschacht m, f
• laarzentrekker m
• rijglaars
• rijlaars
• schijtlaars
• toneellaars f

VerbEdit

laars

1. first-person singular present indicative of laarzen
2. imperative of laarzen