IPA (key ) : /ˈwaːr/ [ˈwaːɾ] Hyphenation:waar wáar m
eternal life ,immortality Declension ofwáar absolutive wáar predicative wáara subjective wáar genitive wáar
E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985 ) “waar”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English) , University of London,→ISBN FromDutch waar Middle Dutch waer Old Dutch *war Proto-Germanic *hwar
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( interrogative ) where ( relative ) where FromDutch waar Middle Dutch wâer Old Dutch *wār Proto-Germanic *wēraz
waar (attributive ware notcomparable )
true waar
first-person singular subjunctive ofsei ( “ to be ” ) third-person singular subjunctive ofsei ( “ to be ” ) FromMiddle Dutch wāer Old Dutch *war Proto-West Germanic *hwār Proto-Germanic *hwar English where
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( interrogative ) where , in which placeWaar is Jan?Where is John?( relative ) where , the place thatDit iswaar hij woont. This iswhere he lives. pronominal adverb form ofwat ( interrogative ) what , which thingWaar is dat goed voor?What is that good for?( relative ) what , that whichDit iswaar dat goed voor is. This iswhat that is good for. ( informal , formerly proscribed , relative) pronominal adverb form ofwie who Dat is de manwaar ik vroeger mee gewerkt heb. That is the manwho I used to work with. With a preposition,waar is used instead ofwat pronominal adverb . See alsoCategory:Dutch pronominal adverbs .
SeeCategory:Dutch pronominal adverbs
FromMiddle Dutch wâer Old Dutch *wār Proto-West Germanic *wār Proto-Germanic *wēraz
waar (notcomparable )
true Antonyms: onwaar vals authentic Synonyms: echt authentiek Antonyms: onecht vals legitimate Berbice Creole Dutch:waru Negerhollands:waar FromMiddle Dutch wāre Old Dutch *wara Proto-Germanic *warō *waraz ( “ wary, watchful ” ) . Cognate withEnglish ware
waar f (plural waren
acommodity ,ware ,merchandise ,product Synonym: goed See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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inflection ofwaren first-person singular present indicative (in case ofinversion )second-person singular present indicative imperative waar
time FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ
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root ( of plant ) Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wakaR ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI FromMiddle Low German wār wōr wūr Old Saxon hwār
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( interrogative ) where ( at what place ) ( relative ) where ( at or in which place or situation ) ( interrogative, with a preposition ) what , which thing( relative, with a preposition ) what , that which( relative ) when ,that ( on which; at which time ) wǎàr plural mǎàr
Acanoe . 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 
