-bar
Danish
Suffix
-bar
- -able
Usage notes
Truncates final schwa: læse + -bar → læsbar.
Synonyms
- -lig
- -abel (mostly with Romance words)
Derived terms
German
Etymology
From Middle High German -bære, from Old High German -bāri, from Proto-Germanic *bēriz.
The modern vowel -a- is after the adverb form (Middle High German -bāre, Old High German -bāro), which came to be used in predicative and then also in attributive position. This development was especially Low and Central German (compare Middle Low German -bār(e) alongside -bēr(e)). Also cognate with Dutch -baar, West Frisian -ber, Old English -bǣre[1]. Old Norse -bærr (Old Swedish -bǣr). This suffix is said to be West Germanic, so the Old Norse form is probably an early Middle Low German borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːɐ̯/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /baː/, /bɐ/ (common speech)
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Homophones: bar, Bar
Suffix
-bar
- -able, -ible
- Synonym: -abel
Derived terms
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989), “-bar”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Northern Kurdish
Suffix
-bar
- -able; suffix meaning "that which can be" or "that which can be done."
- (rare) suffix meaning "in front," "by the side," or "close to"
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German -bar.
Suffix
-bar
- -able (in broad terms, but not always). This suffix converts nouns and verbs to adjectives, as well as modifying other adjectives.
Derived terms
References
- “-bar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Low German -bar.
Suffix
-bar
- -able (as above)
Derived terms
References
- “-bar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish -bar, which is borrowed from Middle Low German -bar.Cognate with the native Old Swedish -bǣr (Old Norse -bærr), German -bar (from Old High German -bāri), Dutch -baar, Old English -bære.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɑːr/
Suffix
-bar
- -able; create an adjective from a noun or verb
Derived terms
References
- -bar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
- bra