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Definition 2024
Laar
laar
laar
Dutch
Adjective
laar (comparative laarder, superlative laarst)
- (obsolete) empty
Inflection
| Inflection 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. 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.