schaar

See also: Schaar

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sxaːr/
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  • Hyphenation: schaar
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch scare, schere, from Old Dutch *skāri, originally a plural form, from Proto-West Germanic *skeran.

Noun

schaar f (plural scharen, diminutive schaartje n)

  1. A pair of scissors.
  2. A claw (e.g. of a crab).
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: skêr
    • → Fanagalo: sker
    • → Kalanga: ikero
    • → Sotho: sekere
    • → Xhosa: isikere
    • → Zulu: sikelo
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: skari
  • Jersey Dutch: sxjêre
  • Negerhollands: skeer
  • → Papiamentu: skèr, schertsje

Noun

schaar f (plural scharen, diminutive schaartje n)

  1. Alternative form of schare.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schaar

  1. inflection of scharen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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