raar
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See also: rår
Dutch
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Middle Dutch raer ("rare, unusual") (itself rarely occurring), borrowed from Latin rārus ("rare, uncommon"). Cognate with German rar , English rare and Spanish raro .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]raar (comparative raarder , superlative raarst )
- strange, odd, weird, unusual
- Synonyms: vreemd , buitenissig , eigenaardig
- raar maar waar ― strange but true
Declension
[edit ]| Declension of raar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | raar | |||
| inflected | rare | |||
| comparative | raarder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | raar | raarder | het raarst het raarste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | rare | raardere | raarste |
| n. sing. | raar | raarder | raarste | |
| plural | rare | raardere | raarste | |
| definite | rare | raardere | raarste | |
| partitive | raars | raarders | — | |
Derived terms
[edit ]Descendants
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