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baar.

a bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to carry someone or something, especially wounded or dead people

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/baːr/
  1. a bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to carry someone or something, especially wounded or dead people

    feminine
  2. a bed on which a dead person is displayed before he is buried

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch bâre, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), English bier, German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”).

adj/baːr/
  1. said of money; cash

    not-comparable
    Ik heb geen baar geld bij me.
Where this word comes from

Related to bar (“bare”).

noun/baːr/
  1. greenhorn, newbie

    Netherlands · historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Malay baru.

noun/baːr/
  1. a wave

    archaic · feminine · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch bare, from Old Dutch *bāra, from Proto-West Germanic *bārā, from Proto-Germanic *bērǭ (“wave, billow”). Cognate with West Frisian baar, Middle Low German bâre (“wave”), Old Norse bára (“wave, undulation, uneven surface”) (whence Middle English bare (“wave, billow”), English bore (“tidal wave”)).

noun/baːr/
  1. a bar, an ingot (of gold or another metal)

    feminine
  2. a bar, a beam

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch bare, from Old French barre.

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