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/

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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 English where.

Adverb

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. 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)

1. a commodity, ware, merchandise, product

   Synonym: goed

Derived terms

• eetwaar
• handelswaar
• koopwaar
• 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

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

Alternative forms

• wor
• wo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːr/

Adverb

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

• woneem, 'neem

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