aber
Aragonese
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *aber, from Proto-Celtic *adberos. Cognate with Cornish aber (“confluence, estuary”), Old Welsh aper (“confluence, estuary”), Old Irish abor (“estuary”).
Verb
aber
- present of aberiñ
References
- Victor Henry, Lexique Étymologique des termes les plus usuels du Breton Moderne, Plihon et Hervé, 1900, page {{{1}}}
Cebuano
Etymology
Calque of Spanish a ver, short form of the phrase vamos a ver (“let's see”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ber
French
Further reading
- “aber” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From Middle High German aber, aver, from Old High German aber, abur, aver, avur, afur, from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“behind”). Compare Luxembourgish awer (“but”), Saterland Frisian oaber (“but”), Middle Low German āver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːbɐ/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈabɐ/ (colloquial; when unstressed by regular shortening, but also used when stressed)
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Usage notes
- Unlike most other conjunctions, aber need not be the first word of a clause: Ich bin dafür, er aber lehnt es ab. — “I’m in favour, but he rejects it.” In such a construction, aber might be considered an adverb, though the usual interpretation is that it is still a conjunction.
- After a negative, sondern is used to express a contrast, while aber expresses a gradation or nuance. Compare:
- Er ist nicht genial, sondern dumm. ― He isn’t brilliant but stupid.
- Er ist nicht genial, aber ziemlich klug. ― He isn’t brilliant but quite intelligent.
Derived terms
Adverb
aber
- (obsolete, except in compounds) again
- (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect
- Das ist aber teuer. ― That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought.
- Du bist aber groß geworden! ― Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child)
- nonetheless, nevertheless
Scots
Pronunciation
- (Shetland) IPA(key): [a(ː)bər]
Noun
aber (plural abers)
Verb
aber (third-person singular present abers, present participle aberin, past abert, past participle abert)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خبر (haber), from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎber/
- Hyphenation: a‧ber
Swedish
Declension
The plural is the same, but definite forms do not apply.
References
- aber in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- aber in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *aber, from Proto-Celtic *adberos.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈabɛr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaːbɛr/, /ˈabɛr/
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
aber | unchanged | unchanged | haber |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |