English

Alternative forms

• Aare

Proper noun

Aar

1. A river in Switzerland that rises at the Grimsel Pass and flows into the Rhine at the Swiss-German border.

Translations

See also

• AAR

Anagrams

• Ara, ARA
• RAA

French

Proper noun

Aar

1. The Aar river

Anagrams

• ara

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ar, arn, from Old High German aro, arn, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːɐ̯/
• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Noun

Aar m ‎(genitive Aars or Aares or Aaren, plural Aare or Aaren)

1. (poetic, formal or dated) eagle
   • 1864, Franz Pfeiffer, Deutsche Classiker des Mittelalters, Erster Band: Walther von der Vogelweide, page 245:

     Er habe zwiefache Kaiserstärke: des Aares Milde und des Löwen Kraft: diesen zweien vermöge nichts zu widerstehen.

     He has twofold strengths as Kaiser: the eagle's clemency and the lion's power: nothing should be able to resist these two.

   • 1869, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Pibroch of Donald Dhu, in his Gedichte, page 315:

     Feder des Aaren!

     Feather of the eagle!

   • Heinrich von Kleist, a poem published in 1870 in H. v. Kleists Werke by editor Heinrich Kurz, page 281:

     der Habicht rupft / Die Brut des Aars

     the hawk fleeces / the eagle's brood

Synonyms

• Adler

Dutch

Noun

aar f ‎(plural aren, diminutive aartje n)

1. ear (of corn, grain etc.)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch aar.

Noun

aar m ‎(plural aren, diminutive aartje n)

1. (archaic) eagle

Synonyms

• arend, adelaar

Gagauz

Etymology

From Old Turkic agır, from Proto-Turkic *āgır, *iagɨr.

Adjective

aar (comparative daha aar, superlative en aar)

1. heavy

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą.

Noun

aar n (nominative plural aar)

1. year
   • 13th century, Henrik Harpestræng, "Quomodo temperertur salsum dominorum et quam diu durat.", An Early Northern Cookery Book, 7.

     Thæt ær hærræ salsæ, oc ær goth et halft aar.

     This is a lordly sauce, and it is good for half a year.

Descendants

• Danish: år