Meaning

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

gar

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gar

Aargau

Aargau

gar

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

gar

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

gar

Lucerne

Lucerne

gar

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaːr/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German gare (inflected garw-), from Old High German garo, from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz. Cognate with Dutch gaar, archaic English yare (“keen, lively, eager”). Related to gerben.

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