aber

See also: Aber and åber

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

Verb

aber

1. to have

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aber

infinitive			aber
gerund			abendo
past participle			abiu, abito
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros	busatros	ellos
	present	he	has	ha	emos	ez	han
	imperfect	eba	ebas	eba	ebanos	ebaz	eban
	preterite	abié	abiés	abió	abiemos	abiez	abioron, abión
	future	abré	abrás	abrá	abremos	abrez	abrán
	conditional	abría	abrías	abría	abríanos	abríaz	abrían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros	busatros	ellos
	present	aiga, aya	aigas, ayas	aiga, aya	aigamos, ayamos	aigaz, ayaz	aigan, ayan
	imperfect	ese	eses	ese	esenos	esez	esen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	busatros	—
		—	he	—	—	ez	—

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber.

Noun

aber m or f (plural aberioù)

1. ria, estuary, mouth of a river

Verb

aber

1. present of aberiñ

References

• Henry, Victor (1900), “aber”, in Lexique étymologique des termes les plus usuels du breton moderne (Bibliothèque bretonne armoricaine; III) (in French), J. Plihon et L. Hervé

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Cebuano

Etymology

Calque of Spanish a ver, short form of the phrase vamos a ver (“let's see”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ber

Interjection

aber

1. let me see; let's see

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Danish

Noun

aber c

1. indefinite plural of abe

Verb

aber

1. present of abe

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton aber.

Noun

aber m (plural abers)

1. (geography) A ria, especially one in Brittany.

Further reading

• “aber” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German aber, aver, from Old High German aber, abur, aver, avur, afur, from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“behind”). Compare Luxembourgish awer (“but”), Saterland Frisian oaber (“but”), Middle Low German āver, German Low German aver (“but”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːbɐ/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈabɐ/ (colloquial; when unstressed by regular shortening, but also used when stressed)

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Conjunction

aber (coordinating)

1. but; however; though

Usage notes

• Unlike most other conjunctions, aber need not be the first word of a clause: Ich bin dafür, er aber lehnt es ab. — “I’m in favour, but he rejects it.” In such a construction, aber might be considered an adverb, though the usual interpretation is that it is still a conjunction.
• After a negative, sondern is used to express a contrast, while aber expresses a gradation or nuance. Compare:

Er ist nicht genial, sondern dumm. ― He isn’t brilliant but stupid.

Er ist nicht genial, aber ziemlich klug. ― He isn’t brilliant but quite intelligent.

Derived terms

• aber hallo
• aber, aber

Adverb

aber

1. (obsolete, except in compounds) again
2. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect

   Das ist aber teuer. ― That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought.

   Du bist aber groß geworden! ― Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child)

3. nonetheless, nevertheless

Derived terms

• abermals
• abertausend

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Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowed from German aber (“but”), turned into a noun (as in "no buts and no ifs").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːbər/

Noun

aber n (definite singular aberet, indefinite plural aber or abere, definite plural abera or aberne)

1. a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

References

• “aber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “aber” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• bare

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a(ː)bər/

Adjective

aber (comparative mair aber, superlative maist aber)

1. (Shetland) sharp, keen
2. (Shetland) clear, distinct
3. (Shetland) sharp-sighted, observant, watchful
4. (Shetland) eager
5. (Shetland) greedy

Verb

aber (third-person singular present abers, present participle aberin, past abert, past participle abert)

1. (Shetland) to sharpen
2. (Shetland, often with up) to poke a fire in order to brighten it

References

• “aber” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary^[1], 2016.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hàber

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خبر‎ (haber), from Arabic خَبَر‎ (ḵabar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎber/
• Hyphenation: a‧ber

Noun

àber m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бер)

1. (regional, Bosnia) news
2. (regional, Bosnia) message, information
3. (regional, Bosnia) sensation, feeling

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German aber (“but”), turned into a noun (as in "no buts and no ifs").

Noun

aber n

1. a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

Declension

The plural is the same, but definite forms do not apply.

References

• aber in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• aber in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• bare

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Tarifit

Alternative forms

• ⴰⴱⴻⵔ
• abriw

Etymology

Compare Tashelhit abliw

Noun

aber m (plural abriwen, construct state waber)

1. eyelash

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber, from Proto-Celtic *adberos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈabɛr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaːbɛr/, /ˈabɛr/

Noun

aber m or f (plural aberoedd or ebyr)

1. estuary, mouth of a river
2. confluence, joining of two or more rivers

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
aber	unchanged	unchanged	haber
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Zipser German

Conjunction

aber

1. Alternative form of åber