rar
rar (plural rars)
From Latin rārus (“seldom”). Compare Romanian rar.
rar
rar (feminine rara, masculine plural rars, feminine plural rares)
From Middle Low German rar (“rare, valuable”), ultimately borrowed from Latin rārus (“loose, sparse, rare”).
rar
| Inflection of rar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | rar | rarere | rarest2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | rart | rarere | rarest2 |
| Plural | rare | rarere | rarest2 |
| Definite attributive1 | rare | rarere | rareste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
From Latin rarus, chiefly through French rare.
rar (strong nominative masculine singular rarer, comparative rarer, superlative am rarsten)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist rar | sie ist rar | es ist rar | sie sind rar | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rarer | rare | rares | rare |
| genitive | raren | rarer | raren | rarer | |
| dative | rarem | rarer | rarem | raren | |
| accusative | raren | rare | rares | rare | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rare | die rare | das rare | die raren |
| genitive | des raren | der raren | des raren | der raren | |
| dative | dem raren | der raren | dem raren | den raren | |
| accusative | den raren | die rare | das rare | die raren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rarer | eine rare | ein rares | (keine) raren |
| genitive | eines raren | einer raren | eines raren | (keiner) raren | |
| dative | einem raren | einer raren | einem raren | (keinen) raren | |
| accusative | einen raren | eine rare | ein rares | (keine) raren | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist rarer | sie ist rarer | es ist rarer | sie sind rarer | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rarerer | rarere | rareres | rarere |
| genitive | rareren | rarerer | rareren | rarerer | |
| dative | rarerem | rarerer | rarerem | rareren | |
| accusative | rareren | rarere | rareres | rarere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rarere | die rarere | das rarere | die rareren |
| genitive | des rareren | der rareren | des rareren | der rareren | |
| dative | dem rareren | der rareren | dem rareren | den rareren | |
| accusative | den rareren | die rarere | das rarere | die rareren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rarerer | eine rarere | ein rareres | (keine) rareren |
| genitive | eines rareren | einer rareren | eines rareren | (keiner) rareren | |
| dative | einem rareren | einer rareren | einem rareren | (keinen) rareren | |
| accusative | einen rareren | eine rarere | ein rareres | (keine) rareren | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist am rarsten | sie ist am rarsten | es ist am rarsten | sie sind am rarsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rarster | rarste | rarstes | rarste |
| genitive | rarsten | rarster | rarsten | rarster | |
| dative | rarstem | rarster | rarstem | rarsten | |
| accusative | rarsten | rarste | rarstes | rarste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rarste | die rarste | das rarste | die rarsten |
| genitive | des rarsten | der rarsten | des rarsten | der rarsten | |
| dative | dem rarsten | der rarsten | dem rarsten | den rarsten | |
| accusative | den rarsten | die rarste | das rarste | die rarsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rarster | eine rarste | ein rarstes | (keine) rarsten |
| genitive | eines rarsten | einer rarsten | eines rarsten | (keiner) rarsten | |
| dative | einem rarsten | einer rarsten | einem rarsten | (keinen) rarsten | |
| accusative | einen rarsten | eine rarste | ein rarstes | (keine) rarsten | |
rar (masculine raren, neuter raart, comparative méi rar, superlative am raarsten)
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass rar | si ass rar | et ass rar | si si(nn) rar | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | raren | rar | rart | rar |
| independent without determiner | rares | rarer | |||
| dative | after any declined word | raren | rarer | raren | raren |
| as first declined word | rarem | rarem | |||
net vill Rares sinn:
rar
Ultimately borrowed from Latin rārus (“seldom; rare”).
rar (neuter singular rart, definite singular and plural rare, comparative rarere, indefinite superlative rarest, definite superlative rareste)
Ultimately borrowed from Latin rārus (“seldom; rare”).
rar (neuter singular rart, definite singular and plural rare, comparative rarare, indefinite superlative rarast, definite superlative raraste)
Inherited from Latin rārus (“seldom”).
rar m or n (feminine singular rară, masculine plural rari, feminine and neuter plural rare)
rar
For the temporal senses, the literal definition found in the Romanian dictionary DEX indicates a meaning like "at longer intervals of time than usual", which explains the usage related to speech.
From Middle Low German rar, ultimately borrowed from Latin rarus.
rar (comparative rarare, superlative rarast)
| Inflection of rar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | rar | rarare | rarast |
| Neuter singular | rart | rarare | rarast |
| Plural | rara | rarare | rarast |
| Masculine plural3 | rare | rarare | rarast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | rare | rarare | raraste |
| All | rara | rarare | raraste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
rar (c)