-aar
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "aar"
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a suffix, which in Proto-Germanic times was borrowed from Latin -ārius. Doublet of -er and -der.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-aar m (feminine -ares)
- Alternative form of -er (used chiefly after unstressed syllables, with occasional exceptions such as leraar, winnaar)
- someone who practices the action signified by the verb, the stem of which the suffix has been appended onto
- something with which one can implement the action signified by the verb, the stem of which the suffix has been appended onto
- tree of a particular type, appended to nouns denoting trees or the products or parts of trees