jaar

• djaar (Cape Afrikaans)

From Dutch jaar, from Middle Dutch jâer, from Old Dutch jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-.

• IPA^(key): /jɑːr/

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jaar (plural jare, diminutive jaartjie)

1. A year.

• djar (Luserna)

From Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥. Cognate with German Jahr, English year.

jaar n (plural jaardar, diminutive jéerle)

1. (Sette Comuni) year

• hôar

• “jaar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

From Middle Dutch jâer, from Old Dutch jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-.

• IPA^(key): /jaːr/

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• Hyphenation: jaar
• Rhymes: -aːr

jaar n (plural jaren, diminutive jaartje n)

1. A year, the time it takes the Earth to circle the Sun; its equivalent on other planets.
2. The individuals associated with a year, notably the students in or graduates from an annual class at school.

The singular form is normally used after numerals and stock phrases instead of plurals but both are considered correct grammatically. Thus, it would be more common to say "vele jaren geleden" – many years ago; but "drie jaar geleden" – "three years ago" or in "in de laatste paar jaar" as opposed to "in de laatste paar jaren" ("in the last couple of years").

-types of year

• Afrikaans: jaar
• Berbice Creole Dutch: jari
• Jersey Dutch: jâr
• Negerhollands: jaer, jaar, yer
• → Aukan: yali
• → Sranan Tongo: yari
  • → Caribbean Javanese: yari
  • → Saramaccan: jáa

• raja

jaar[1]

1. we (I and another, but not you) (1st person dual pronoun, exclusive)