jaar
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See also: jāar
Alternative forms
- djaar (Cape Afrikaans)
Etymology
From Dutch jaar, from Middle Dutch jâer, from Old Dutch jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-.
Pronunciation
Noun
jaar (plural jare, diminutive jaartjie)
- A year.
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Noun
jaar n (plural jaardar, diminutive jéerle)
Related terms
Further reading
- “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
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Etymology
From Middle Dutch jâer, from Old Dutch jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-.
Pronunciation
Noun
jaar n (plural jaren, diminutive jaartje n)
- year (the time it takes the Earth to circle the Sun; its equivalent on other planets)
- Een jaar op Mars duurt ongeveer 687 aardse dagen. ― A year on Mars lasts about 687 Earth days.
- Het is bijna een jaar geleden dat we elkaar zagen. ― It's almost a year since we last saw each other.
- Elk jaar vieren we onze trouwdag. ― Every year, we celebrate our wedding anniversary.
- year (the individuals associated with a year, notably the students in or graduates from an annual class at school)
- Het jaar 2023 zal hun afstudeerjaar zijn. ― The year 2023 will be their graduation year.
- Alle studenten van het jaar 2020 zijn uitgenodigd voor de reünie. ― All students from the year 2020 are invited to the reunion.
- Ze was de beste student van haar jaar. ― She was the top student of her year.
Usage notes
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").
Derived terms
-types of year
- academiejaar
- boekjaar
- collegejaar
- geboortejaar
- jubileumjaar
- kalenderjaar
- leerjaar
- levensjaar
- lichtjaar
- maanjaar
- oogstjaar
- oorlogsjaar
- schooljaar
- stagejaar
- studiejaar
- tussenjaar
- tweedejaars
- werkjaar
- wijnjaar
- zonnejaar
Descendants
Anagrams
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Alternative forms
- hör (Föhr-Amrum)
- jare (Mooring)
Determiner
jaar (invariable)
Pronoun
jaar (plural jaaren)
See also
| personal | possessive | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject case | object case | singular referent |
plural referent | ||||||
| full | reduced | full | reduced | attributive | independent | ||||
| singular | 1st | ik | 'k | mi | min | minen | |||
| 2nd | dü | – | di | din | dinen | ||||
| 3rd m. | hi | 'r | höm | 'n | sin | sinen | |||
| 3rd f. | jü | 's | höör | 's | höör | höören | |||
| 3rd n. | hat | et, 't | höm | et, 't | sin | sinen | |||
| dual | 1st | wat | unk | unken | |||||
| 2nd | at | junk | junken | ||||||
| 3rd | jat | jam | 's | jaar | jaaren | ||||
| plural | 1st | wü | üüs | üüsen | |||||
| 2nd | i | juu | juuen | ||||||
| 3rd | ja | 's | jam | 's | jaar | jaaren | |||
| notes | The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. | ||||||||
Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)
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