Januar

Januar

1. (Kölsch) January
   • 1974, Wilhelm Schneider-Clauss (posthumous), Willi Reisdorf (foreword), Et Kölsche Hätz: Novellen von Wilhelm Schneider-Clauss. Band III der Gesamtausgabe der Werke in kölnischer Mundart, p. 67:

     Et wor der eezte Januar, un [...]

     It was the 1st January, and [...]

Learned borrowing from Latin Iānuārius. Doublet of inherited Jänner.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjanuaːr/, [ˈja.nuˌaː(ɐ̯)], [-ˌaːʁ]
• IPA^(key): [ˈja(ː)nʊɐ̯] (casual variant)

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Januar m (strong, genitive Januars or Januar, plural Januare)

1. January

   Synonym: Jänner

• → Estonian: jaanuar
• → Hebrew: יָנוּאָר (yánuar)
• → Hunsrik: Januer
• → Kashubian: januar
• → Luxembourgish: Januar
• → Yiddish: יאַנואַר (yanuar)

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

Januar m (plural Januar) (Altenhofen spelling)

1. alternative spelling of Januer

From German Januar, from Latin Ianuarius.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɑ.nuˌaː(ʀ)]

Januar m (plural Januaren)

1. January

From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”, a root).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒanwər]

Januar

1. January