paar
See also: Paar
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
paar (plural pare)
Etymology 2
Verb
paar (present paar, present participle parende, past participle gepaar)
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
paar n (plural paren, diminutive paartje n)
- pair, couple
- a few, a couple, some
- Hier hebben ze een paar van die batterijen.
- They have some of those batteries here.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
paar
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of paren
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of paren
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Paar (“pair, couple”).
Pronunciation
Determiner
paar (invariable)
Usage notes
- This determiner can be preceded by a definite article and some other determiners: Die paar Tage sind ja schnell vorbei. (“These few days will be over soon.”) Otherwise, in standard German, paar always takes the undeclined numeral ein in front of it: Nach ein paar Tagen ist das vorbei. (“After a few days it will be over.”) In colloquial German the numeral may be left out.
- Although literally meaning “pair, couple”, the word does not commonly refer to two items, but rather to sets from three upward. The upper limit is dependent both on absolute number and percentage: 10 out of 20 may be ein paar, as may 50 out of 1,000; whereas 50 out of 100 are unlikely to be so identified.
Derived terms
Related terms
Latvian
Verb
paar
- (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular present indicative form of paart
- (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of paart
- (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of paart
- (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular imperative form of paart
- (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular imperative form of paart
- (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural imperative form of paart
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