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Aar
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Appendix:Variations of "aar"
English
L1716739
Alternative forms
en Aare
Etymology
From en de Aare, probably from a en cel language.
Pronunciation
en /ɑɹ/ GenAm
en /ɑː(ɹ)/ RP
en ɑː(ɹ) 1
Proper noun
en A <<river>> in <<c/Switzerland>>, flowing 292 km from the glaciers of the Bernese <<range/Alps>> into the <<river/Rhine>> at <<city/Koblenz>>, on the Swiss–German border.
en A <<river>> in <<c/Germany>> that flows 50 km from the <<range/Taunus>> in <<s/Hesse>> into the <<river/Lahn>> at <<town/Diez>>, <<s/Rhineland-Palatinate>>.
en A <<tributary>> in <<s/Hesse>>, <<c/Germany>> of the <<river/Dill>> river, itself a tributary of the <<river/Lahn>>.
Translations
river in Switzerland
Armenian: hy Աարե
Bulgarian: bg Аа̀р f
Finnish: fi Aare
Franco-Provençal: frp Âra
French: fr Aar
German: de Aare
Greek: el Άαρ m
Japanese: ja アーレ川 āregawa
Marathi: mr आर f
Russian: ru А́ре
Ukrainian: uk А́аре n
See also
en AAR
en De Aar
Further reading
Aar
Anagrams
en aar ARA Ara RAA ara
French
Pronunciation
Ar
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Aar.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
f
the Aar river
Anagrams
fr ara
fr Rivers
German
Pronunciation
de De-Aar.ogg
de /aːɐ̯/
de De-Aar2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aːɐ̯ 1
Etymology 1
From de gmh ar, gmh arn, from de goh aro, goh arn, from de gmw-pro *arō, from de gem-pro *arô.
Noun
((<m,es:s>,<m.weak>))
de poetic formal or dated eagle
de Adler
de 1864 Franz Pfeiffer Deutsche Classiker des Mittelalters, Erster Band: Walther von der Vogelweide 245 Er habe zwiefache Kaiserstärke: des Aares Milde und des Löwen Kraft: diesen zweien vermöge nichts zu widerstehen. He has twofold strengths as Kaiser: the eagle's clemency and the lion's power: nothing should be able to resist these two.
1869, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Pibroch of Donald Dhu, in his Gedichte, page 315:
de Feder des Aaren! Feather of the eagle!
1808, Heinrich von Kleist († 1811), Die Herrmannschlacht. Ein Drama, a drama, in: 1870, H. v. Kleists Werke. Kritisch durchgesehene Ausgabe. Erster Band, edited by Heinrich Kurz, page 281:
de [...] der Habicht rupft / Die Brut des Aars [...] the hawk fleeces / the eagle's brood
Declension
((<m,es:s>,<m.weak>))
Etymology 2
Attested as de la-lat Arola, la Arula in the 7th century, from a pre-Indo-European hydronym und *ar- watercourse, also present in several other Old European hydronymy names such as en Ahr in Rhineland, en Ar in Meurthe-et-Moselle, en l'Arc in both Savoie and Bouches-du-Rhône, en Hérault (oc Erau) in Hérault, en Arre in Gard, etc.
Proper noun
f.article
de tributary riv/Rhine in c/Switzerland
de left tributary riv/Lahn in s/Rhineland-Palatinate,Hesse c/Germany
de left tributary riv/Dill in s/Hesse c/Germany
de branch riv/Ill dept/Bas-Rhin c/France
de left tributary riv/Twiste s/Hesse c/Germany
Declension
f.article.sg
References
Chronicle of Fredegar, leaflet 130
Kristol, Andres; Cattin, Florence; Meroni, Barbara; Schmid, Gabrielle, eds. (2005). "Aarau AG (Aarau)" [Encyclopedia of the Swiss municipality of LSG: Dictionnaire de toponymique scommunes Suisses DTS / Dizionario dei comuni toponomastico svizzeri DTS]. Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen LSG: Dictionnaire toponymique de scommunes suisses DTS /Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri DTS (in German) (1st ed.). Stuttgart, Germany: Huber Frauenfeld
Further reading
Aar
de Birds of prey Eagles