laars

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See also: Laars and lårs

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laːrs/,
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  • Hyphenation: laars
  • Rhymes: -aːrs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch leerse, laerse, from syncope of unattested *lederse, contracted from *lederhose, from leder + hose. Compare German Lederhose (from which is borrowed the doublet lederhose), where no contraction occurred.

Noun

laars f (plural laarzen, diminutive laarsje n)

  1. boot
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Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: laars
  • → Kari'na: rarsy
  • → Papiamentu: lars, lers, leers

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

laars

  1. inflection of laarzen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
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