Baart

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German

Noun

Baart m (genitive Baarts or Baartes, plural Bärte)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of Bart

German Low German

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-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 Old High German bart, 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-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Pronunciation

Noun

Baart m (plural Bäert)

  1. beard
  2. whiskers

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Bart, Dutch baard, English beard.

Noun

Baart m (plural Baert)

  1. beard
  2. chin