Baart

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German

Noun

Baart m (strong, genitive Baartes or Baarts, plural Bärte)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of Bart

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • bård (New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology

Either from Middle Low German bârt, from Old Saxon bārd, with an unusual shift of medial /d/ to /t/ or borrowed from German Bart. In either case ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz. More at beard.

Noun

Baart m (plural Baarten)

  1. beard
    • 2011, Johann Beerens, Einundzwanzig Geschichten up hoch un platt, page 196:
      Wat was dat'n moije Bild. Nu wassen dat wall acht of tein lüttje Wiehnachtsmannen waarn: Skebellskuppen ut de olle Kist', Baarten van Watte of witte Hüüsel, Poolen un Kaapen ut roode Tüch.

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Pronunciation

Noun

Baart m (plural Bäärt)

  1. beard
    Er hod en lange Baart.
    He has a long beard.

Further reading


Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German bart, from Old High German bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Pronunciation

Noun

Baart m (plural Bäert)

  1. beard
  2. whiskers

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German bart. Compare German Bart, Dutch baard, English beard.

Noun

Baart m (plural Baert)

  1. beard
  2. chin