Jahr
See also: jähr
German
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German jār, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *jērą, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *yōr-, from *yeh₁r-. Compare Dutch jaar, English year, Danish år.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaː(ɐ̯)/, [jaːɐ̯], [jaː]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː
- Homophone: ja (not official standard)
Noun
Jahr n (genitive Jahres or Jahrs, plural Jahre or Jahr, diminutive Jährchen n)
- year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun)
- year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star)
- year (period between set dates that mark a year)
- year (level or grade in school or college)
Usage notes
- The normal plural is Jahre.
- The unchanged plural Jahr is rare in formal prose, but may be found in colloquial or poetic language. It is used chiefly after numerals, most often in adverbial constructions such as zwei Jahr später (“two years later”).
- In colloquial German, a double plural Jahrende may be heard in the sense of “ages”, “a very long time”.
Declension
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Related terms
Descendants
- Esperanto: jaro
Further reading
- “Jahr” in Duden online
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