waar

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwaːr/ [ˈwaːɾ]
  • Hyphenation: waar

Noun

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wáar m 

  1. eternal life, immortality

Declension

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Declension of wáar
absolutive wáar
predicative wáara
subjective wáar
genitive wáar
Postpositioned forms
l-case wáaral
k-case wáarak
t-case wáarat
h-case wáarah

Derived terms

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References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “waar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch waer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Adverb

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waar

  1. (interrogative) where
  2. (relative) where

Etymology 2

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From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.

Adjective

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waar (attributive ware, not comparable)

  1. true
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Bavarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /βaː/
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Verb

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waar

  1. first-person singular subjunctive of sei (to be)
  2. third-person singular subjunctive of sei (to be)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch wāer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. Cognate with English where.

Adverb

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waar

  1. (interrogative) where, in which place
    Waar is Jan?
    Where is John?
  2. (relative) where, the place that
    Dit is waar hij woont.
    This is where he lives.
  3. (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
    Waar is dat goed voor?
    What is that good for?
  4. (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
    Dit is waar dat goed voor is.
    This is what that is good for.
Usage notes
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With a preposition, waar is used instead of wat to create a pronominal adverb. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.

Derived terms
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See Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs

Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: waar
  • Javindo: waar
  • Jersey Dutch: wääir
  • Negerhollands: waar, wa
  • Petjo: waar
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: war

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.

Adjective

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waar (not comparable)

  1. true
    Antonyms: onwaar, vals
  2. authentic
    Synonyms: echt, authentiek
    Antonyms: onecht, vals
  3. legitimate
Declension
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Declension of waar
uninflected waar
inflected ware
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial waar
indefinite m./f. sing. ware
n. sing. waar
plural ware
definite ware
partitive waars
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: waru
  • Negerhollands: waar

Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch wāre, from Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō, probably related to *waraz (wary, watchful). Cognate with English ware.

Noun

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waar f (plural waren)

  1. a commodity, ware, merchandise, product
    Synonym: goed
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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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waar

  1. inflection of waren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Kalasha

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Noun

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waar

  1. time

Kamarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

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waar

  1. A root (of plant).

Low German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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waar

  1. (interrogative) where (at what place)
  2. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation)
  3. (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
  4. (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
  5. (relative) when, that (on which; at which time)

Synonyms

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Nzadi

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Noun

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wǎàr (plural mǎàr)

  1. A canoe.

Further reading

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  • Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN