waar

== Afar == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwaːr/ [ˈwaːɾ] Hyphenation: waar === Noun === wáar m eternal life, immortality ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “waar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɑːr/ === Etymology 1 === From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch waer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. ==== Adverb ==== waar (interrogative) where (relative) where === Etymology 2 === From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz. ==== Adjective ==== waar (attributive ware, not comparable) true ===== Derived terms ===== waarheid == Bavarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /βaː/ === Verb === waar first-person singular subjunctive of sei (“to be”) third-person singular subjunctive of sei (“to be”) == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋaːr/ Hyphenation: waar Rhymes: -aːr === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch wāer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. Cognate with English where. ==== Adverb ==== waar (interrogative) where, in which place (relative) where, the place that pronominal adverb form of wat (interrogative) what, which thing (relative) what, that which (informal, formerly proscribed, relative) pronominal adverb form of wie; who ===== Usage notes ===== With a preposition, waar is used instead of wat to create a pronominal adverb. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs. ===== Derived terms ===== See Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: waar Javindo: waar Jersey Dutch: wääir Negerhollands: waar, wa Petjo: waar Skepi Creole Dutch: war === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz. ==== Adjective ==== waar (not comparable) true Antonyms: onwaar, vals authentic Synonyms: echt, authentiek Antonyms: onecht, vals legitimate ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Berbice Creole Dutch: waru Negerhollands: waar === Etymology 3 === From Middle Dutch wāre, from Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō, probably related to *waraz (“wary, watchful”). Cognate with English ware. ==== Noun ==== waar f (plural waren, no diminutive) a commodity, ware, merchandise, product Synonym: goed ===== Derived terms ===== eetwaar handelswaar koopwaar lederwaar rookwaar smokkelwaar === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== waar inflection of waren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Kalasha == === Noun === waar time == Kamarian == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ. === Noun === waar root (of plant) === References === Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wakaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == Low German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaːr/, [ʋɔːɾ] === Adverb === waar alternative form of wor (“where”) == Middle English == === Noun === waar alternative form of werre (“war”) == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === wåår weeder (Föhr-Amrum) woor (Halligen) weeter (Heligoland) wååder (Mooring) Weeter (Sylt) woar (Wiedingharde) === Etymology === From Old Frisian weter, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). === Noun === waar (Goesharde) water == Nzadi == === Noun === wǎàr (plural mǎàr) A canoe. === Further reading === 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 == West Frisian == === Alternative forms === wear === Etymology === From Old Frisian weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą. Cognate with Danish vejr, Dutch weer, English weather, German Wetter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaːr/ === Noun === waar n (plural waren) weather ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “waar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011