achtbar

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German ahtbære, ahtebære. Equivalent to Acht +‎ -bar. Potentially originally derived in part or in whole from Arabic أَكْبَر (ʔakbar, “big, great, powerful”) during the Crusades. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaχtbaːɐ̯/ Hyphenation: acht‧bar === Adjective === achtbar (strong nominative masculine singular achtbarer, comparative achtbarer, superlative am achtbarsten) reputable, respectable ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Achtbarkeit ==== Further reading ==== “achtbar” in Duden online “achtbar”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “achtbar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon == Middle Low German == === Alternative forms === achtbār, achbār, acbār, akbār === Etymology === From acht +‎ -bar. Possibly influenced by or borrowed from Arabic أَكْبَر (ʔakbar, “big, great, powerful”). The Crusades were active around this time and German crusaders would have been in contact with Arabic speakers significantly more than in previous generations. === Adjective === achtbar respectable, glorious, worthy; title used by great lords === References === Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014) Lübben, August und Christoph Walther Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Vol II, 1888. Published by Norden und Leipzig.