naar

• naer (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /naːr/

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• Hyphenation: naar
• Rhymes: -aːr

From earlier naer, from Middle Dutch nâer, from Old Dutch *nār, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz. Originally the comparative of na, which is in Modern Dutch nader. Compare also English near, Swedish när, and Danish & Norwegian når.

naar

1. to, towards in time, space, consequence, purpose etc.
2. (dated) according to, in accordance with

   naar het Evangelie van Judas

   according to the gospel of Judas

• naartoe

• Javindo: naar
• Jersey Dutch: nâr
• Negerhollands: na
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: na (dated)
• Petjo: naar
• Skepi Creole Dutch: na
• → Papiamentu: na

From Middle Dutch naer, nare (“tight, sad”), from Old Dutch *naro (“narrow”), from Proto-Germanic *narwaz (“narrow, tight, constricted”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“turn, bend, twist, constrict”). Cognate with Low German naar (“ghastly, dismal”), West Frisian near (“narrow”), English narrow; compare also German Narbe (“scar, closed wound”). More at narrow.

naar (comparative naarder, superlative naarst)

1. nasty, scary
2. unpleasant, sickening

• naarling

• Afrikaans: naar

• nar

naar^[1]

1. two

• duwaaq
• duwè

• inaar
• rimnaar

naar

1. Alternative form of near
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 2:

     Fo naar had looke var to be brides,

     Who never had luck to be brides,

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131