Nachbar

German Alternative forms de Nachbauer Nachbaur obsolete Etymology de ine-pro *bʰuH- From de gmh nāchbūr, gmh nāchbūre, gmh nāchgebūr, gmh nāchgebūre, from de goh nāhgibūr, goh nāhgibūro, from de gmw-pro *nāhwagabūrō, from de gem-pro *nēhwagabūrô neighbour. Equivalent to de nah, de nach near, next, after + de Bauer dweller, farmer. The first component underwent pre-cluster shortening, the second was monophthongized from Early Modern German de Baur (and then possibly associated with the unrelated suffix de -bar). Pronunciation de /ˈnaxbaːr/ [ˈnaχbaː(ɐ̯)] [-baːʁ] [-baːɾ] standard de De-Nachbar.ogg de /ˈnaxbər/ [ˈnaχbɐ] common variant de /ˈnaːxbaːr/ chiefly obsolete, still regionally in Switzerland de De-Nachbar2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun ((<m.weak_n>,<m,s[more informal],n>)) in neighbour Usage notes The word can be declined according to the weak or mixed group. Both ways are standard, but weak declension is more common in formal usage, mixed declension in colloquial usage. Declension ((<m.weak_n>,<m,s[more informal],n>)) Derived terms de Nachbarschaft Nachbartisch Gruppennachbar Periodennachbar Sitznachbar Tischnachbar Further reading