klar
English
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]klar (plural klar)
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[edit]Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Low German klār, from Latin clārus (“clear”).
Adjective
[edit]klar
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of klar | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | klar | klarere | klarest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | klart | klarere | klarest2 |
Plural | klare | klarere | klarest2 |
Definite attributive1 | klare | klarere | klareste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]klar (uninflected)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]klar
- imperative of klare
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German klār, clār, formally from Middle Low German klār or Middle Dutch claer and reinforced by Old French cler, both from Latin clārus (“bright”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [kläː(ɐ̯)] [kl̥äː(ʁ)]
Audio: (file) - IPA(key): [kɫɑː], [kɫ̥ɑː], [kʟ̥ɑː] (Austrian German)
Audio (Austria): (file) - Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː
Adjective
[edit]klar (strong nominative masculine singular klarer, comparative klarer, superlative am klarsten)
- clear; transparent; bright
- clear; unambiguous; understood
- Synonym: eindeutig
- War meine Frage nicht klar genug?
- Was my question not clear enough?
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist klar | sie ist klar | es ist klar | sie sind klar | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | klarer | klare | klares | klare |
genitive | klaren | klarer | klaren | klarer | |
dative | klarem | klarer | klarem | klaren | |
accusative | klaren | klare | klares | klare | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der klare | die klare | das klare | die klaren |
genitive | des klaren | der klaren | des klaren | der klaren | |
dative | dem klaren | der klaren | dem klaren | den klaren | |
accusative | den klaren | die klare | das klare | die klaren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein klarer | eine klare | ein klares | (keine) klaren |
genitive | eines klaren | einer klaren | eines klaren | (keiner) klaren | |
dative | einem klaren | einer klaren | einem klaren | (keinen) klaren | |
accusative | einen klaren | eine klare | ein klares | (keine) klaren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist klarer | sie ist klarer | es ist klarer | sie sind klarer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | klarerer | klarere | klareres | klarere |
genitive | klareren | klarerer | klareren | klarerer | |
dative | klarerem | klarerer | klarerem | klareren | |
accusative | klareren | klarere | klareres | klarere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der klarere | die klarere | das klarere | die klareren |
genitive | des klareren | der klareren | des klareren | der klareren | |
dative | dem klareren | der klareren | dem klareren | den klareren | |
accusative | den klareren | die klarere | das klarere | die klareren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein klarerer | eine klarere | ein klareres | (keine) klareren |
genitive | eines klareren | einer klareren | eines klareren | (keiner) klareren | |
dative | einem klareren | einer klareren | einem klareren | (keinen) klareren | |
accusative | einen klareren | eine klarere | ein klareres | (keine) klareren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am klarsten | sie ist am klarsten | es ist am klarsten | sie sind am klarsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | klarster | klarste | klarstes | klarste |
genitive | klarsten | klarster | klarsten | klarster | |
dative | klarstem | klarster | klarstem | klarsten | |
accusative | klarsten | klarste | klarstes | klarste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der klarste | die klarste | das klarste | die klarsten |
genitive | des klarsten | der klarsten | des klarsten | der klarsten | |
dative | dem klarsten | der klarsten | dem klarsten | den klarsten | |
accusative | den klarsten | die klarste | das klarste | die klarsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein klarster | eine klarste | ein klarstes | (keine) klarsten |
genitive | eines klarsten | einer klarsten | eines klarsten | (keiner) klarsten | |
dative | einem klarsten | einer klarsten | einem klarsten | (keinen) klarsten | |
accusative | einen klarsten | eine klarste | ein klarstes | (keine) klarsten |
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]klar
- (colloquial) obviously, surely
- Synonyms: gewiss, sicher, freilich, selbstverständlich
Interjection
[edit]klar!
- okay!; sure!; all right!
- (sarcastically) yeah, right! (sarcastic expression of disbelief)
Derived terms
[edit]- na klar (“sure thing!”)
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “klar”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “klar, erkennbar, anschaulich” in Duden online
- “klar, freilich, allerdings” in Duden online
- “klar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Low German klār and Old Norse klárr, from Latin clārus (“clear”).
Adjective
[edit]klar (neuter singular klart, definite singular and plural klare, comparative klarere, indefinite superlative klarest, definite superlative klareste)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See klare (“to handle, to manage”).
Verb
[edit]klar
- imperative of klare
References
[edit]- “klar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse klárr, from Middle Low German klār, from Latin clārus (“clear”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]klar (neuter singular klart, definite singular and plural klare, comparative klarare, indefinite superlative klarast, definite superlative klaraste)
- clear
- bright
- plain
- distinct
- lucid
- conscious
- ready (not comparable)
- (dialectal, Trøndelag) exhausted, tired
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]klar
- imperative of klare
References
[edit]- “klar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German klar, from Latin clarus (“bright, clear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]klar (comparative klarare, superlative klarast)
- ready, finished, done
- Middagen är klar!
- Dinner's ready!
- ready
- Synonym: redo
- Vi är klara att börja
- We are ready to begin
- clear; without clouds
- clear; free of ambiguity; easy to understand
- completely transparent
- Klar som kristall.
- Clear as crystal.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of klar | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | klar | klarare | klarast |
Neuter singular | klart | klarare | klarast |
Plural | klara | klarare | klarast |
Masculine plural3 | klare | klarare | klarast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | klare | klarare | klaraste |
All | klara | klarare | klaraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- klar in Svensk ordbok.
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