Baart

See also: baart

German

Noun

Baart m (strong, genitive Baartes or Baarts, plural Bärte)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of Bart

German Low German

Alternative forms

• bård (New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology

Either from Middle Low German bârt, from Old Saxon bārd, with an unusual shift of medial /d/ to /t/ or borrowed from German Bart. In either case ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz. More at beard.

Noun

Baart m (plural Baarten)

1. beard
   • 2011, Johann Beerens, Einundzwanzig Geschichten up hoch un platt, page 196:

     Wat was dat'n moije Bild. Nu wassen dat wall acht of tein lüttje Wiehnachtsmannen waarn: Skebellskuppen ut de olle Kist', Baarten van Watte of witte Hüüsel, Poolen un Kaapen ut roode Tüch.

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Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːt/

Noun

Baart m (plural Bäärt)

1. beard

   Er hod en lange Baart.

   He has a long beard.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• baard (Veldeke spelling)
• Baat (alternative spelling)

Etymology

PIE word
*bʰardʰéh₂

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːʁt/
• (Southeast Limburgish) IPA^(key): /baːt/
• (Eupen) IPA^(key): /baːʁt/, [baːχt]
• Rhymes: -aːʁt, -aːt

Noun

Baart m (plural Bäärt, diminutive Bäätsche or Bäärtje) (German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Eupen spelling)

1. beard
2. (figurative) food or drink residue around the mouth

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German bart, from Old High German bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː(ʀ)t/, [baːt], [baːχt]
  • Rhymes: -aːt, -aːχt

Noun

Baart m (plural Bäert)

1. beard
2. whiskers

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German bart. Compare German Bart, Dutch baard, English beard.

Noun

Baart m (plural Baert)

1. beard
2. chin