schaar

• IPA^(key): /sxaːr/

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• Hyphenation: schaar
• Rhymes: -aːr

From Middle Dutch scare, schere, from Old Dutch *skāri, originally a plural form, from Proto-West Germanic *skeran.

schaar f (plural scharen, diminutive schaartje n)

1. a pair of scissors
2. a claw (e.g. of a crab)

• Afrikaans: skêr
  • → Fanagalo: sker
  • → Kalanga: ikero
  • → Sotho: sekere
  • → Xhosa: isikere
  • → Zulu: sikelo
• Berbice Creole Dutch: skari
• Jersey Dutch: sxjêre
• Negerhollands: skeer
• → Papiamentu: skèr, schertsje

See schare.

schaar f (plural scharen, diminutive schaartje n)

1. alternative form of schare

• heerschaar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

schaar

1. inflection of scharen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative