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Haar

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See also: haar and hår

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Haar

  1. A municipality near Munich, Germany.

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Anagrams

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German

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Haare

Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (rough hair, bristle).

Compare Dutch haar, West Frisian hier, English hair, Danish hår.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /haːr/, [haːʁ], [haːɐ̯], [haː]
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  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Noun

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Haar n (strong, genitive Haares or Haars, plural Haare, diminutive Härchen n)

  1. hair (a singular hair, not limited to the head)
  2. (collective) hair (the totality of hair on someone's head)

Usage notes

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  • When referring to a person's hair collectively, the singular may be used with no article, as is common in English: Sie hat graues Haar. – "She has grey hair." However in German, unlike English, it is more common to use the plural: Sie hat graue Haare. When referring to an individual hair, the indefinite article is used: Sie hat ein graues Haar. – "She has a (single) grey hair".

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Haar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Haar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Haar” in Duden online
  • Haar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār. Compare German Haar, Dutch haar, English hair, Swedish hår.

Noun

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Haar n

  1. (anatomy) hair