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Aar Definition

Aar

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Wikipedia has an article on: Aar

Etymology

From the German (see Aare), probably from a Celtic language.

Proper noun

Aar

  1. A river in Switzerland that rises at the Grimsel Pass and flows into the Rhine at the Swiss-German border.

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French

Proper noun

Aar

  1. The Aar river

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ar, arn, from Old High German aro, arn.

Pronunciation

Noun

Aar m. (genitive Aars or Aares or Aaren, plural Aare or Aaren)

  1. (poetic, formal or dated) eagle
    • 1864, Franz Pfeiffer, Deutsche Classiker des Mittelalters, Erster Band: Walther von der Vogelweide, page 245:
      Er habe zwiefache Kaiserstärke: des Aares Milde und des Löwen Kraft: diesen zweien vermöge nichts zu widerstehen.
      He has twofold strengths as Kaiser: the eagle's clemency and the lion's power: nothing should be able to resist these two.
    • 1869, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Pibroch of Donald Dhu, in his Gedichte, page 315:
      Feder des Aaren!
      Feather of the eagle!
    • Heinrich von Kleist, a poem published in 1870 in H. v. Kleists Werke by editor Heinrich Kurz, page 281:
      der Habicht rupft / Die Brut des Aars
      the hawk fleeces / the eagle's brood

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