Afrikaans

Verb

baar ‎(present baar, present participle barende, past participle gebaar)

1. to give birth to; to bear

Usage notes

• The passive is formed with the irregular past participle gebore. Compare:

Die vrou het gisteraand ’n kind gebaar. — “The woman bore a child last night.”

Die kind is gisteraand gebore. — “The child was born last night.”

Cimbrian

Adjective

baar

1. true

Related terms

• baarot

References

• “baar” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Probably a misprint for barn; from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 ‎(barn), Proto-Germanic *barną ‎(“child”).

Noun

baar

1. boy
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Baar. Puer.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

baar

1. spring

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːr
• IPA^(key): /baːr/

Etymology 1

Noun

baar m ‎(plural baren, diminutive baartje n)

1. A bar (of gold, metal…).
2. A bier, a stretcher, a device used to carry something, especially wounded or dead people.
3. A bed on which a dead person is displayed before he is buried.
   • 1922, Albert Verwey, De weg van het licht, De Gerichte Wil

     Wanneer ik stierf en zij die mij beminden / Rondom mijn baar staan en de een d’andre vraagt:

     Wenn I died and those that loved me stand around my dead bed and one asks the other:

4. (poetic, archaic, mostly used in the plural) A wave.
   • 1716, H.K. Poot, Mengeldichten, Die spade komt ook.

     Ulisses zworf weleer op wilde woeste baren,/ Minerves wreeden wrok en wrange wraek ten doel,

     Ulisses roamed on wild violent waves, towards Minerva’s cruel anger and bitter revenge

Synonyms

• (bar of metal) staaf
• (stretcher) draagbaar
• (dead bed) lijkbed
• (wave) golf

Adjective

baar ‎(not comparable)

1. Said of money; cash.
   • Ik heb geen baar geld bij me.

     I have no cash on me.

Inflection

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Malay baru.

Noun

baar m ‎(plural baren, diminutive baartje n)

1. (historical, nautical, relating to Indonesia) greenhorn, newbie

Related terms

• orang-baar

Etymology 3

Verb

baar

1. first-person singular present indicative of baren
2. imperative of baren

Estonian

Noun

baar ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. bar, public house

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Manx

Noun

baar m ‎(genitive singular baar, plural baaryn)

1. crop, yield

Mutation