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gar.

cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption)

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Meaning & usage

adj/ɡaːr/[ɡaː][ɡaːɐ̯][ɡaːʁ]

  1. cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption)

    not-comparable

  2. refined

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German gare (inflected garw-), from Old High German garo, from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz. Cognate with Dutch gaar, archaic English yare (“keen, lively, eager”). Related to gerben.

adv/ɡaːr/[ɡaː][ɡaːɐ̯][ɡaːʁ]

  1. at all; even

    Sie hat gar kein Geld.
    Er ist gar nicht gekommen.

  2. even; expressing a climax

    formal · literary
    Ist er ein Dieb? Ein Räuber? Oder gar ein Mörder?

  3. all

    formal · literary
    Wenn er gar zu frech wird, geben Sie ihm eine kräftige Ohrfeige.

  4. very; quite; really

    Austria · Switzerland · poetic
    Das war gar frech von dir!
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German gare (inflected garw-), from Old High German garo, from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz. Cognate with Dutch gaar, archaic English yare (“keen, lively, eager”). Related to gerben.

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