naar

See also: når

Dutch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aːr
IPA^(key): /naːr/
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Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *nār, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz. Originally the comparative of na, which is in Modern Dutch nader. Compare also English: near, Swedish: när and Danish and Norwegian når

Preposition

naar

to, towards in time, space, consequence, purpose etc.
(dated) according to, in accordance with

naar het Evangelie van Judas
according to the gospel of Judas

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of naar

preposition	naar
postpositional adv.	naar
+ het (it)	ernaar
+ dit (this)	hiernaar
+ dat (that)	daarnaar
+ wat (what)	waarnaar
+ iets (something)	ergens naar
+ niets (nothing)	nergens naar
+ alles (everything)	overal naar

Derived terms

naartoe

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch naer, nare (“tight, sad”), from Old Dutch *naro (“narrow”), from Proto-Germanic *narwaz (“narrow, tight, constricted”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“turn, bend, twist, constrict”). Cognate with Low German naar (“ghastly, dismal”), West Frisian near (“narrow”), English narrow; compare also German Narbe (“scar, closed wound”). More at narrow.

Adjective

naar (comparative naarder, superlative naarst)

nasty, scary
unpleasant, sickening

Inflection

Inflection of naar
uninflected	naar
inflected	nare
comparative	naarder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		naar	naarder	het naarst het naarste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	nare	naardere	naarste
	n. sing.	naar	naarder	naarste
	plural	nare	naardere	naarste
definite		nare	naardere	naarste
partitive		naars	naarders	—

Derived terms

naarling

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