jaar

From Dutch jaar, from Old Dutch jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-.

• IPA^(key): /jɑːr/

jaar (plural jare, diminutive jaartjie)

1. year

From Middle Dutch jâer, from Old Dutch jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-.

• Rhymes: -aːr
• IPA^(key): /jaːr/

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jaar n (plural jaren, diminutive jaartje n)

1. year

The singular form is normally in used after numerals and stock phrases instead of plurals but both are considered correct grammatically. Thus, it would be more common to say "vele jaren geleden" – many years ago; but "drie jaar geleden" – "three years ago" or in "in de laatste paar jaar" as opposed to "in de laatste paar jaren" ("in the last couple of years").

• Afrikaans: jaar
• → Sranan Tongo: yari

• raja

jaar (definite jare, dative jaren)

1. The year’s yield, or similar.

   eta borti jaren

   to eat from the year’s harvest

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