daer

See also: där

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thar, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːr/

Adverb

dâer

1. Demonstrative uses:
   1. there
   2. to there, thither
   3. then
2. Relative uses:
   1. where
   2. to where, whither
   3. whereupon, after which
   4. where, with who
   5. wherewith
   6. about which

Usage notes

In unstressed position, it may be reduced to der or er, enclitically also -re.

Descendants

• Dutch: daar, d'r, er
• Limburgish: daer, dao

Conjunction

dâer

1. if, when
2. because
3. while
4. when

Descendants

• Dutch: daar

Further reading

• “daer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “daer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “daer”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN