Narr

From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognate with German Narr, Yiddish נאַר (nar).

Narr m

1. (Uri) fool

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 66.

From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognates include Yiddish נאַר (nar), Bavarian Noar, German Low German Narr, Dutch nar, West Frisian nar, Saterland Frisian Naar, Danish nar, Swedish narr.

• (most of Germany, parts of Austria) IPA^(key): /nar/, [näɐ̯], [naː]
• (Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland) IPA^(key): /nar/, [när], [nɑr]
• Homophone: na

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Narr m (weak, genitive Narren, plural Narren, feminine Närrin)

1. (dated) fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)
2. (historical) jester, fool
   • 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]‎^[1]:

     Mein alter Narr ging, fürcht’ ich, weit in’s Weite; / Nimm seinen Platz und komm an meine Seite

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. carnival enthusiast

   Synonyms: Karnevalist, Fastnachter

4. Used in compounds to indicate an obsession; freak

   ‎Auto (“car”) + ‎Narr → ‎Autonarr (“car freak”)

   ‎Pferd (“horse”) + ‎Narr → ‎Pferdenarr (“horse lover”)

   ‎Waffe (“weapon”) + ‎Narr → ‎Waffennarr (“gun nut”)

• Narro
• narren
• närrisch

• → Kashubian: nara
• → Romansch: narr, nar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader), nara

• Eulenspiegel
• Eulenspiegelei
• eulenspiegelhaft (> eulenspiegelhafter Witz (“sly humor”))
• Till Eulenspiegel
• Ulenspiegel

• “Narr” in Duden online
• “Narr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle Low German narre, from Old Saxon *narro, from Proto-West Germanic *narrō. Compare Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro.

Narr m (plural Narren)

1. fool

• Geck
• Göök

From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognate with German Narr, Yiddish נאַר (nar).

Narr m (plural Narre)

1. fool