Haar

See also: haar and hår

English

Proper noun

Haar

municipality near Munich, Germany.

Anagrams

Hara

German

Etymology

From Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”). Compare Dutch haar, West Frisian hier, English hair, Danish hår.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haːɐ̯/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /haː/ (widespread, especially northern and central Germany)
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Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Noun

Haar n (genitive Haars or Haares, plural Haare, diminutive Härchen n)

hair

Usage notes

When referring to a person's hair collectively, the singular may be used with no article, as is common in English: Sie hat graues Haar. – "She has grey hair." However in German, unlike English, it is more common to use the plural: Sie hat graue Haare. When referring to an individual hair, the indefinite article is used: Sie hat ein graues Haar. – "She has a (single) grey hair".

Declension

Declension of Haar

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Haar	die	Haare
genitive	eines	des	Haares, Haars	der	Haare
dative	einem	dem	Haar, Haare¹	den	Haaren
accusative	ein	das	Haar	die	Haare

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Barthaar
haarartig
Haaresbreite
Haar in der Suppe
Haarfarbe
Haarfärbung
haargenau
Haarshampoo
Haarspray
haarsträubend
haarähnlich
Haartönung
Haarwaschmittel
Schamhaar
Schnurrhaar

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą. Compare German Haar, Dutch haar, English hair, Swedish hår.

Noun

Haar n

(anatomy) hair