waar

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaːr/ [ˈwaːɾ]
• Hyphenation: waar

wáar m 

1. eternal life, immortality

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “waar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /vɑːr/

From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch waer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

waar

1. (interrogative) where
2. (relative) where

From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.

waar (attributive ware, not comparable)

1. true

• waarheid

• IPA^(key): /βaː/

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waar

1. first-person singular subjunctive of sei (“to be”)
2. third-person singular subjunctive of sei (“to be”)

• IPA^(key): /ʋaːr/

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• Hyphenation: waar
• Rhymes: -aːr

From Middle Dutch wāer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. Cognate with English where.

waar

1. (interrogative) where, in which place

   Waar is Jan?

   Where is John?

2. (relative) where, the place that

   Dit is waar hij woont.

   This is where he lives.

3. pronominal adverb form of wat
   1. (interrogative) what, which thing

      Waar is dat goed voor?

      What is that good for?

   2. (relative) what, that which

      Dit is waar dat goed voor is.

      This is what that is good for.

4. (informal, formerly proscribed, relative) pronominal adverb form of wie; who

   Dat is de man waar ik vroeger mee gewerkt heb.

   That is the man who I used to work with.

With a preposition, waar is used instead of wat to create a pronominal adverb. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.

See Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs

• Afrikaans: waar
• Javindo: waar
• Jersey Dutch: wääir
• Negerhollands: waar, wa
• Petjo: waar
• Skepi Creole Dutch: war

From Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.

waar (not comparable)

1. true

   Antonyms: onwaar, vals

2. authentic

   Synonyms: echt, authentiek

   Antonyms: onecht, vals

3. legitimate

• Berbice Creole Dutch: waru
• Negerhollands: waar

From Middle Dutch wāre, from Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō, probably related to *waraz (“wary, watchful”). Cognate with English ware.

waar f (plural waren)

1. a commodity, ware, merchandise, product

   Synonym: goed

• eetwaar
• handelswaar
• koopwaar
• lederwaar
• rookwaar
• smokkelwaar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

waar

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

waar

1. time

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ.

waar

1. root (of plant)

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wakaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• war
• wor
• wo

From Middle Low German wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār.

• IPA^(key): /vaːr/, [ʋɔːɾ]

waar

1. (interrogative) where (at what place)
2. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation)
3. (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
4. (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
5. (relative) when, that (on which; at which time)

• woneem, 'neem

wǎàr (plural mǎàr)

1. A canoe.

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN