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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch klaar (“ready; finished; clear”), from Middle Dutch clâer (“bright, shining, ready, finished”), from Latin clārus (“bright”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]klaar (attributive klare, comparative klaarder, superlative klaarste)
References
[edit]- ^ klaar; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch clâer (“bright, shining, ready, finished”), from Latin clārus (“bright”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]klaar (comparative klaarder, superlative klaarst)
- ready
- finished, done (of a task)
- finished, done (of a person performing a task)
- Zij is klaar met haar werk.
- She is finished with her work.
- clear, pure, not turbid
- 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
- Evenals een moede hinde / naar het klare water smacht, / schreeuwt mijn ziel om God te vinden / die ik ademloos verwacht.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
- (southern or dated) clear, obvious, evident
- Synonym: duidelijk
Declension
[edit]Declension of klaar | ||||
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uninflected | klaar | |||
inflected | klare | |||
comparative | klaarder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | klaar | klaarder | het klaarst het klaarste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | klare | klaardere | klaarste |
n. sing. | klaar | klaarder | klaarste | |
plural | klare | klaardere | klaarste | |
definite | klare | klaardere | klaarste | |
partitive | klaars | klaarders | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: klaar
- Berbice Creole Dutch: klara
- Negerhollands: klaar
- → Caribbean Javanese: kelar
- → Indonesian: kelar
- → Kwinti: klaar
- → Papiamentu: kla, klaar
References
[edit]- ^ klaar; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
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