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bar.

bare

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. bare

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German bar, from Old High German bar, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”). Hence the meanings "without something" (as in bar jeder Einsicht "from every point of view") and "evident to the naked eye" (attested in Middle High German bar in reference to money).

adv
  1. in cash

  2. pure

Where this word comes from

From Middle High German bar, from Old High German bar, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”). Hence the meanings "without something" (as in bar jeder Einsicht "from every point of view") and "evident to the naked eye" (attested in Middle High German bar in reference to money).

prep
  1. without

Where this word comes from

From Middle High German bar, from Old High German bar, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”). Hence the meanings "without something" (as in bar jeder Einsicht "from every point of view") and "evident to the naked eye" (attested in Middle High German bar in reference to money).

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