gaar
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gaer (“ready”), from Old Dutch garo (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”). More at yare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣaːr/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: gaar
- Rhymes: -aːr
Adjective
gaar (comparative gaarder, superlative gaarst)
- (of food, especially meat and vegetables) well-cooked; done; ready for consumption
- (figuratively, of a person) finished, exhausted
- (slang) annoying, bad
Declension
| Declension of gaar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gaar | |||
| inflected | gare | |||
| comparative | gaarder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | gaar | gaarder | het gaarst het gaarste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | gare | gaardere | gaarste |
| n. sing. | gaar | gaarder | gaarste | |
| plural | gare | gaardere | gaarste | |
| definite | gare | gaardere | gaarste | |
| partitive | gaars | gaarders | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
gaar
- inflection of garen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Somali
Verb
gaar
- to reach