-aar

Appendix:Variations of "aar" Dutch Etymology From nl gem-pro *-ārijaz, which in nl gem-pro - times was borrowed from nl la -ārius. nl -er -der.nl 1970 A. van Loey Schönfeld’s Historische Grammatica van het Nederlands 8. druk Zutphen 90-03-21170-1 § 175 Pronunciation nl /aːr/ nl Nl--aar.ogg Suffix m -s,-en + -ares nl -er used chiefly after unstressed syllables, with occasional exceptions such as nl leraar, nl winnaar someone who practices the action signified by the verb, the stem of which the suffix has been appended onto something with which one can implement the action signified by the verb, the stem of which the suffix has been appended onto tree of a particular type, appended to nouns denoting trees or the products or parts of trees Usage notes Derivatives in nl -eraar (except nl leraar, whose -e- is stressed) usually allow only the plural form in nl -s. Most others have both forms. On the whole, nl -s is more common, but nl -en is predominant in some words. Derived terms nl References