aber

See also: Aber and åber

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Verb

aber

1. to have

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber, from Proto-Celtic *adberos. Cognate with Cornish aber (“confluence, estuary”), Old Welsh aper (“confluence, estuary”), Old Irish abor (“estuary”).

Noun

aber m or f (plural aberioù)

1. ria, estuary, mouth of a river

Verb

aber

1. (deprecated template usage) 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), Rennes: 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. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of abe

Verb

aber

1. (deprecated template usage) 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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.

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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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 simple present abers, present participle aberin, simple past abert, past participle abert)

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

References

• Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “aber”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[1]

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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. news information
2. message
3. 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 (aber)
• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɛr/
• 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