Haar

== English == === Proper noun === Haar A municipality near Munich, Germany. === See also === Frank-ter Haar syndrome Haar matrix Haar sequence Haar system Haar transform Haar wavelet ter Haar syndrome === Anagrams === Hara == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German and Old High German hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”). Compare Dutch haar, West Frisian hier, English hair, Danish hår. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haːr/, [haːʁ], [haːɐ̯], [haː] Rhymes: -aːɐ̯ === Noun === Haar n (strong, genitive Haares or Haars, plural Haare, diminutive Härchen n) hair (a singular hair, not limited to the head) (collective) hair (the totality of hair on someone's head) ==== Usage notes ==== When referring to a person's hair collectively, the singular may be used with no article, as is common in English: Sie hat graues Haar. – "She has grey hair." However in German, unlike English, it is more common to use the plural: Sie hat graue Haare. When referring to an individual hair, the indefinite article is used: Sie hat ein graues Haar. – "She has a (single) grey hair". ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Haut === Further reading === “Haar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Haar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Haar” in Duden online Haar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German and Old High German hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār. Compare German Haar, Dutch haar, English hair, Swedish hår. === Noun === Haar n (anatomy) hair