maar

See also mår

English

Etymology

From dialectal German Maar.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /mɑː/
• (GenAm) IPA: /mɑːɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
• Homophone: mar

Noun

maar (plural maars or maare)

1. a broad volcanic crater, usually filled with a lake

Related terms

• crater lake

Anagrams

• mara, Mara, rama, Rama

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch maar.

Conjunction

maar

1. but

Adverb

maar

1. only

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch maer, māre, mar, mer, apheretic variant of Middle Dutch nemaer, nemāre, from earlier newaer, newāre (“except, however, only”), from ne (“not”) + wāre (optative past tense of Middle Dutch wesen (Modern wezen) "to be"). Cognate with German nur (“only, just”) (from Old High German niwāri), West Frisian mar (“but”) (from Old Frisian , mar, mer, newēre), Old Saxon ni wāri that (“was it not that, unless”), Old English nǣre (“were it not”). More at not, were.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːr
• IPA: /maːr/

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Adverb

maar

1. only, just

   Het was maar een vraag!

   It was only a question!

2. as long as; only
3. just; a modal particle indicating a certain degree of indifference towards the result.

   Leg het lepeltje maar op het schoteltje van het koffiekopje.

   Just (go ahead and) place the spoon on the saucer of the coffee cup.

Derived terms

• nog maar
• zeg maar
• maar liefst

Conjunction

maar

1. but
2. yet; only
3. but then

Anagrams

• raam

Verb

maar

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

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Finnish

Etymology

From Maria (“Mary, mother of Jesus Christ”)

Interjection

maar

1. (dialectal, Turku region) Used as fortifier after e.g. words kyllä (“yes”), totta (“true”).