Neuter
Meaning
- (neuter, strong) hair (a singular hair, not limited to the head)
- (collective, neuter, strong) hair (the totality of hair on someone's head)
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Dialects
Appenzell Innerrhoden
hoor
Basel-Landschaft
hoor
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/haːr/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German and Old High German hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”). Compare Dutch haar, West Frisian hier, English hair, Danish hår.
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