Neuter

jaar

Sentences
An user
Kun   je   verklaren   hoe   je   inkomen   ineens   zo   steeg   vorig   jaar ?

Can you explain how your income suddenly increased last year?

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An user
De   machtige   heerser   leidde   al   tien
10
   jaar   het   land .

The powerful ruler has led the country for ten years.

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An user
De   hoeveelheid   ijs
🧊
   op
🆙
   de   Noordpool   daalt   jaar   na   jaar .

The amount of ice in the Arctic is decreasing year after year.

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An user
Wie   heeft   de   Nobelprijs   voor   Natuurkunde   gewonnen   dit   jaar ?

Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year?

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An user
Het   laatste   jaar   is   slecht
👎
   geweest   en   wij   zullen   de  streefcijfers  dus   nooit   halen .

Last year was disappointing, and we will therefore never be able to meet the target.

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An user
Het   aantal   mensen   met   obesitas   neemt   jaar   na   jaar   toe .

The number of people with obesity is increasing year by year.

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Meaning

  1. (neuter) year (the time it takes the Earth to circle the Sun; its equivalent on other planets)
  2. (neuter) year (the individuals associated with a year, notably the students in or graduates from an annual class at school)

Concepts

year
solar year
age
doze
nap
twelvemonth
years
sleep
😴
academic year
equinoctial year
an
calendar year
Synonyms

hazeslaapje

klas
B1
slaap
A2
😴
ster
B1
⭐

Zevengesternte

kalenderjaar

academisch jaar

Translations

anno
Jahr
ano
año
année
an
annus
any

χρόνος

έτος

yıl
sene
sal
سنة
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jaːr/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
jâer
Inherited from Old Dutch
jār
In summary

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

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