laars

See also: Laars and lårs

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːrs/, [laːrs]

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• Hyphenation: laars
• Rhymes: -aːrs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch leerse, laerse, from syncope of unattested *lederse, contracted from *lederhose, from leder + hose. Compare German Lederhose (from which Dutch lederhose), where no contraction occurred.

Noun

laars f (plural laarzen, diminutive laarsje n)

1. boot

Synonyms

• bot (Flanders)
• stevel

Derived terms

• cowboylaars
• kaplaars
• laarzenknecht
• laarzen
• laarzenmaker
• laarzenschacht
• laarzentrekker
• laklaars
• rijglaars
• rijlaars
• schijtlaars
• toneellaars
• vetlaars

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

laars

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of laarzen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of laarzen