aaber

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See also: åber

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

oober
ääber (Berner Oberland)

Etymology

From Middle High German āber, from Old High German ābar, from Latin aprīcus (“sunny, warmed by the sun”). Alternatively, a derivative of beran (“to bear”), meaning “not bearing (snow)”. Cognate with German aper.

Adjective

aaber

snow -free, snowless

Derived terms

Äberi

References

“āber”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume I, 1885–2020, column 39
Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) , Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 22.

Scots

Etymology 1

Adjective

aaber

Shetland form of aber (“sharp”)

Verb

aaber

Shetland form of aber (“to sharpen”)

References

“aaber” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Etymology 2

Verb

aaber

Orkney form of abir

References

“aaber, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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