gaar

See also: går and 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/
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  • Hyphenation: gaar
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Adjective

gaar (comparative gaarder, superlative gaarst)

  1. (of food, especially meat and vegetables) well-cooked; done; ready for consumption
  2. (figuratively, of a person) finished, exhausted
  3. (slang) annoying, bad

Inflection
Inflection of gaar
uninflected gaar
inflected gare
comparative gaarder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial gaargaarderhet gaarst
het gaarste
indefinite m./f. sing. garegaarderegaarste
n. sing. gaargaardergaarste
plural garegaarderegaarste
definite garegaarderegaarste
partitive gaarsgaarders—

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Negerhollands: gaar
  • Petjo: gaar
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: gar

Verb

gaar

  1. first-person singular present indicative of garen
  2. imperative of garen

Somali

Verb

gaar

  1. to reach
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