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Haar
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haar haar' hår
English
Proper noun
A municipality near Munich, Germany.
See also
en Frank-ter Haar syndrome
en Haar matrix
en Haar sequence
en Haar system
en Haar transform
en Haar wavelet
en ter Haar syndrome
Anagrams
en aahr Hara
German
thumb|Haare
Etymology
de ine-pro *kes-
From de gmh - and de goh hār, from de gmw-pro *hār, from de gem-pro *hērą, from de ine-pro *keres- rough hair, bristle.
Compare nl haar, fy hier, en hair, da hår.
Pronunciation
de /haːr/ [haːʁ] [haːɐ̯] [haː]
de De-Haar.ogg
de De-at-Haar.ogg Austria
de De-Haar3.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Haar2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aːɐ̯ 1
Noun
n,(e)s ^chen
hair a singular hair, not limited to the head
de collective hair the totality of hair on someone's head
Usage notes
When referring to a person's hair collectively, the singular may be used with no article, as is common in English: Sie hat graues Haar. – "She has grey hair." However in German, unlike English, it is more common to use the plural: Sie hat graue Haare. When referring to an individual hair, the indefinite article is used: Sie hat ein graues Haar. – "She has a (single) grey hair".
Declension
n,(e)s
Derived terms
de behaart Barthaar haarähnlich haarartig Haaresbreite Haar in der Suppe Haarfarbe Haarfärbung haargenau haarig Haarpflege Haarpflegeset Haarschnitt Haarshampoo Haarspray haarsträubend Haartönung Haarwaschmittel jemandem graue Haare machen Schamhaar Schnurrhaar
See also
de Haut
Further reading
de
de Hair
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
pdc gem-pro 1
From pdc gmh - and pdc goh hār, from pdc gmw-pro *hār. Compare de Haar, nl haar, en hair, sv hår.
Noun
pdc noun n
pdc anatomy hair
pdc Fibers Hair