Narr

See also: narr

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognate with German Narr, Yiddish נאַר (nar).

Noun

Narr m

1. (Uri) fool

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 66.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognates include Yiddish נאַר (nar), Bavarian Noar, German Low German Narr, Dutch nar, West Frisian nar, Saterland Frisian Naar, Danish nar, Swedish narr.

Pronunciation

• (most of Germany, parts of Austria) IPA^(key): /nar/, [näɐ̯], [naː]
• (Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland) IPA^(key): /nar/, [när], [nɑr]
• Homophone: na

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Narr m (weak, genitive Narren, plural Narren, feminine Närrin)

1. (dated) fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)
2. (historical) jester, fool
   • 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]‎^[1]:

     Mein alter Narr ging, fürcht’ ich, weit in’s Weite; / Nimm seinen Platz und komm an meine Seite

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. carnival enthusiast

   Synonyms: Karnevalist, Fastnachter

4. Used in compounds to indicate an obsession; freak

   ‎Auto (“car”) + ‎Narr → ‎Autonarr (“car freak”)

   ‎Pferd (“horse”) + ‎Narr → ‎Pferdenarr (“horse lover”)

   ‎Waffe (“weapon”) + ‎Narr → ‎Waffennarr (“gun nut”)

Declension

Declension of Narr [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Narr	die	Narren
genitive	eines	des	Narren	der	Narren
dative	einem	dem	Narren	den	Narren
accusative	einen	den	Narren	die	Narren

Derived terms

• Flecklenarr
• Hofnarr
• Narrenfest
• Narrenfreiheit
• Narrenhäs
• Narrenzunft
• Narretei
• Weißnarr

 

Related terms

• Narro
• narren
• närrisch

Descendants

• → Kashubian: nara
• → Romansch: narr, nar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader), nara

See also

• Eulenspiegel
• Eulenspiegelei
• eulenspiegelhaft (> eulenspiegelhafter Witz (“sly humor”))
• Till Eulenspiegel
• Ulenspiegel

Further reading

• “Narr” in Duden online
• “Narr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German narre, from Old Saxon *narro, from Proto-West Germanic *narrō. Compare Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro.

Noun

Narr m (plural Narren)

1. fool

See also

• Geck
• Göök

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognate with German Narr, Yiddish נאַר (nar).

Noun

Narr m (plural Narre)

1. fool