urbar

Meaning

cultivable, arable, prepared for agricultural (or rarely silvicultural) use

Synonyms

gut

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fruchtbar

anbaufähig

ertragreich

Translations

cultivable

cultivable

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈuːɐ̯baːɐ̯/

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German: -

In summary

In the modern sense (18th century) via Low German from Middle Low German *ōrbār (in ōrbārheit), Middle Dutch ōrbare (“fruitful”), derived from the noun ōrbār, from Old Saxon ur- + beran (“to bear”), cognate of modern German Urbar (“urbarium”, originally “yield, benefit, fee”), which see for more. An unrelated derivation from the same noun was Upper German urbor (“liable to taxation”).