waar

See also: Waar, w'aar, and -wa-ar

Afar

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wáar m

1. eternal life, immortality

Declension

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

• dalci-waará

References

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

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːr/

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

waar

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

waar (attributive ware, not comparable)

1. true

Derived terms

• waarheid

Bavarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βaː/

• Audio:

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Verb

waar

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋaːr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: waar
• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

waar

1. (interrogative) where, in which place

   Waar is Jan?

   Where is Jan?

2. (relative) where, the place that

   Dit is waar hij woont.

   This is where he lives.

3. pronominal adverb form of wat
   1. (interrogative) what, which thing

      Waar is dat goed voor?

      What is that good for?

   2. (relative) what, that which

      Dit is waar dat goed voor is.

      This is what that is good for.

4. (informal, formerly proscribed, relative) pronominal adverb form of wie; who

   Dat is de man waar ik vroeger mee gewerkt heb.

   That is the man who I used to work with.

Usage notes

With a preposition, waar is used instead of wat to create a pronominal adverb. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.

Derived terms

See Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

waar (not comparable)

1. true

   Antonyms: onwaar, vals

2. authentic

   Synonyms: echt, authentiek

   Antonyms: onecht, vals

3. legitimate

Declension

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

• onwaar
• waarachtig
• waarheid
• waarmaken
• waarmerk
• waarnemen
• waarschijnlijk
• waarschuwing
• waarzeggen
• weliswaar

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: waru
• Negerhollands: waar

Etymology 3

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

Noun

waar f (plural waren, no diminutive)

1. a commodity, ware, merchandise, product

   Synonym: goed

Derived terms

• eetwaar
• handelswaar
• koopwaar
• lederwaar
• rookwaar
• smokkelwaar

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

waar

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

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wers-der.

Proto-Germanic *werzaną

Proto-West Germanic *werʀan

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Germanic *-ō

Proto-West Germanic *-u

Frankish *werʀubor.

Early Medieval Latin werra

Old Northern French guerreder.

Old English werre

Middle English werre

English war

Jamaican Creole waar

Inherited from English war.

Noun

waar (plural waar dem, quantified waar)

1. war

Further reading

• “A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican”, in Open Grammar Project‎^[1], 2015, Glossary‎^[2]

Kalasha

Noun

waar

1. time

Kamarian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ.

Noun

waar

1. root (of plant)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wakaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːr/, [ʋɔːɾ]

Adverb

waar

1. alternative form of wor (“where”)

Middle English

Noun

waar

1. alternative form of werre (“war”)

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• wåår
• weeder (Föhr-Amrum)
• woor (Halligen)
• weeter (Heligoland)
• wååder (Mooring)
• Weeter (Sylt)
• woar (Wiedingharde)

Etymology

From Old Frisian weter, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).

Noun

waar

1. (Goesharde) water

Nzadi

Noun

wǎàr (plural mǎàr)

1. A canoe.

Further reading

• 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

West Frisian

Alternative forms

• wear

Etymology

From Old Frisian weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą.

Cognate with Danish vejr, Dutch weer, English weather, German Wetter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːr/

Noun

waar n (plural waren)

1. weather

Derived terms

• ferwaarje
• simmerwaar
• waarfoarsizzing
• waarfoarspelling
• waarfrou
• waarman

Further reading

• “waar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011