laar

See also: Laar, láar, and lår

Bavarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː/

Adjective

laar

1. Alternative spelling of lar

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch laer, from Old Dutch *lāri, from Proto-West Germanic *lāʀi, from Proto-Germanic *lēziz, *lēzijaz. Cognate with German leer, Bavarian lar, obsolete English lere.

Adjective

laar (comparative laarder, superlative laarst)

1. (obsolete) empty

Declension

Declension of laar
uninflected	laar
inflected	lare
comparative	laarder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		laar	laarder	het laarst het laarste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	lare	laardere	laarste
	n. sing.	laar	laarder	laarste
	plural	lare	laardere	laarste
definite		lare	laardere	laarste
partitive		laars	laarders	—

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch laer, from Old Dutch lār, hlār (only in place names), from Proto-Germanic *hlēraz or *hlēzaz, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- and related to Latin clarus (“bright, clear”). The etymology is unclear, and the word is rare in the languages where it is found, in any case.

Cognate with Old Saxon hlār, Old High German hlār, both only on place names. Also see hypotheses in Ancient Belgian language.

Noun

laar n (plural laren, diminutive laartje n)

1. (obsolete) open space in a forest

Derived terms

• Aartselaar
• Anklaar
• Bekelaar
• Berglaren
• Berkelaar
• Berlaar
• Besselaar
• Beukelaar
• Bredelaar
• Couwelaar
• De Laar
• De Luytelaar
• Gelselaar
• Hallaar
• Harselaar
• Heilaar
• Het Laar
• Hoeilaart
• IJpelaar
• Laar
• Laarakkers
• Laarbeek
• Laares
• Laarne
• Lanklaar
• Laren
• Middelaar
• Midlaren
• Noordlaren
• Rillaar
• Rotselaar
• 't Laar
• Tatelaar
• Vorselaar
• Vosselaar
• Wespelaar
• Westlaren
• Zemst-Laar
• Zuidlaren

 

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German leer.

Adjective

laar

1. (Erzgebirgisch) empty

Further reading

2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 78: