raar
See also: rår
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch raer (“rare, unusual”) (itself rarely occurring), borrowed from Latin rārus (“rare, uncommon”). Cognate with German rar, English rare and Spanish raro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːr/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: raar
- Rhymes: -aːr
- Homophone: Raar
Adjective
raar (comparative raarder, superlative raarst)
- strange, odd, weird, unusual
- Synonyms: vreemd, buitenissig, eigenaardig
Declension
| Declension of raar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | raar | |||
| inflected | rare | |||
| comparative | raarder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | raar | raarder | het raarst het raarste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | rare | raardere | raarste |
| n. sing. | raar | raarder | raarste | |
| plural | rare | raardere | raarste | |
| definite | rare | raardere | raarste | |
| partitive | raars | raarders | — | |
Derived terms
- een kat in het nauw maakt rare sprongen
- Onze Lieve Heer heeft rare kostgangers
- raarheid
- raarling
- rare vogel