See also: Waar

Afar edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaːr/, [ˈwaːɾ]
  • Hyphenation: waar

Noun edit

wáar m 

  1. eternal life, immortality

Declension edit

Declension of wáar
absolutive wáar
predicative wáara
subjective wáar
genitive wáar
Postpositioned forms
l-case wáaral
k-case wáarak
t-case wáarat
h-case wáarah

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “waar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Afrikaans edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch waer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Adverb edit

waar

  1. (interrogative) where
  2. (relative) where

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.

Adjective edit

waar (attributive ware, not comparable)

  1. true
Derived terms edit

Bavarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /βaː/
  • (file)

Verb edit

waar

  1. first-person singular subjunctive of sei (to be)
  2. third-person singular subjunctive of sei (to be)

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch wāer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. Cognate with English where.

Adverb edit

waar

  1. (interrogative) where, in which place
    Waar is Jan?
    Where is John?
  2. (relative) where, the place that
    Dit is waar hij woont.
    This is where he lives.
  3. (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
    Waar is dat goed voor?
    What is that good for?
  4. (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
    Dit is waar dat goed voor is.
    This is what that is good for.
Usage notes edit

With a preposition, waar is used instead of wat to create a pronominal adverb. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.

Derived terms edit

See Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs

Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: waar
  • Javindo: waar
  • Jersey Dutch: wääir
  • Negerhollands: waar, wa
  • Petjo: waar
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: war

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.

Adjective edit

waar (not comparable)

  1. true
    Antonyms: onwaar, vals
  2. authentic
    Synonyms: echt, authentiek
    Antonyms: onecht, vals
  3. legitimate
Inflection edit
Inflection of waar
uninflected waar
inflected ware
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial waar
indefinite m./f. sing. ware
n. sing. waar
plural ware
definite ware
partitive waars
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: waru
  • Negerhollands: waar

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle Dutch wāre, from Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō, probably related to *waraz (wary, watchful). Cognate with English ware.

Noun edit

waar f (plural waren)

  1. A commodity, ware, merchandise, product.
    Synonym: goed
Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

waar

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

Kalasha edit

Noun edit

waar

  1. time

Kamarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun edit

waar

  1. A root (of plant).

Low German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

waar

  1. (interrogative) where (at what place)
  2. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation)
  3. (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
  4. (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
  5. (relative) when, that (on which; at which time)

Synonyms edit

Nzadi edit

Noun edit

wǎàr (plural mǎàr)

  1. A canoe.

Further reading edit

  • Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN