Paar

See also: paar, pāār, påår, and Påår

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, from Middle Low German pār (“house of a priest”), from Latin parochia (“parish”).
• Also as a German surname, from the noun Paar (“pair, married couple”). This is also found in several Slavic countries, compare Par.
• As a Hungarian surname Paár, variant of Pár, see Par.

Proper noun

Paar

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• apar, para-, Para., para., Raap, ARPA, ARAP, Rapa, AARP, para, APAR, Pará

German

Etymology

From Middle High German par, from Old High German par, from Latin pār.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːr/, [pʰaː(ɐ̯)], [pʰaːʁ], [pʰaːr]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Noun

Paar n (strong, genitive Paares or Paars, plural Paare, diminutive Pärchen n)

1. pair, couple

   Ein Paar brauner Schuhe.

   A pair of brown shoes.

2. twosome

Usage notes

Paar with capital 'P' always refers to exactly 2 items. Ein paar is also used more loosely, spelled with small 'p', to mean "a few". See paar.

Declension

Declension of Paar [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Paar	die	Paare
genitive	eines	des	Paares, Paars	der	Paare
dative	einem	dem	Paar, Paare1	den	Paaren
accusative	ein	das	Paar	die	Paare

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Brautpaar, Ehepaar, Elektronenpaar, Hochzeitspaar, Königspaar, Liebespaar

Derived terms

• paaren, paarig, Paarling, paarweise

Related terms

• Paarreim, Paartherapeut, Paarzeit
• paar
  • paarmal (since the 1996 reform also: paar Mal)

Further reading

• “Paar”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Paar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Paar” in Duden online
• Paar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German par, from Old High German par, from Latin pār.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː
• Syllabification: Paar

Noun

Paar n (plural Paar)

1. pair, couple

   En scheenes Paar.

   A beautiful couple.

   En Paar Strimp.

   A pair of socks.

Synonyms

• Casal

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Paar”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch