daer

See also: där

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thar, from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /daːr/

Adverb

dâer

  1. Demonstrative uses:
    1. there
    2. to there, thither
    3. then
  2. Relative uses:
    1. where
    2. to where, whither
    3. whereupon, after which
    4. where, with who
    5. wherewith
    6. about which

Usage notes

In unstressed position, it may be reduced to der or er, enclitically also -re.

Descendants
  • Dutch: daar, d'r, er
  • Limburgish: daer, dao

Conjunction

dâer

  1. if, when
  2. because
  3. while
  4. when

Descendants

Further reading
  • “daer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “daer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “daer”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Pennsylvania German

Determiner

daer

  1. this

Declension
Declension of daer
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative daer die des die
dative dem daerre, darre dem denne
accusative daer die des die

Pronoun

daer (demonstrative)

  1. this, this one

Declension
Declension of daer
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative daer die des die
dative dem daerre, darre dem denne
accusative daer die des die
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