Maar

See also: maar, määr, and mår

German
Drei Maare im Naturschutzgebiet Dauner Maare in Rheinland-Pfalz.
Das Weinfelder Maar, auch Totenmaar genannt.

Alternative forms
  • Marh (obsolete)

Etymology

Part of the scientific jargon since the 19th or 20th century. Attested since at least the 16th century. First only dialectally in the Eifel region of Germany, home to many maars, both as a label for maars as well as within specific names for them. Further origin is not unambiguously known but likely to be from Vulgar Latin mara, from Latin mare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [maːɐ̯]
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  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Noun

Maar n (strong, genitive Maares or Maars, plural Maare)

  1. (geology) maar (broad, low-relief volcanic crater caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption)
    Hyponyms: Trockenmaar, Maarsee

Declension
Declension of Maar [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Maar die Maare
genitive eines des Maares, Maars der Maare
dative einem dem Maar, Maare1 den Maaren
accusative ein das Maar die Maare

1Now uncommon, see notes.

Derived terms
  • Trockenmaar
  • Maarsee
  • Maarvulkan
  • Maarkessel
  • Maarmuseum

Descendants
  • → English: maar

See also

Further reading
  • Maar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • “Maar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Maar” in Duden online
  • “Maar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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