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rar
rar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rar/, /raɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Adjective
rar m (feminine rara, masculine plural rars, feminine plural rares)
Derived terms
- rarament (“rarely”)
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German rar (“rare, valuable”), from Latin rārus (“loose, sparse, rare”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːr/, [ʁɑːˀ]
Adjective
rar
Inflection
| Inflection of rar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | rar | rarere | rarest2 |
| 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. | |||
Synonyms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁaːʁ/
- Rhymes: -aːɐ̯
Adjective
rar (comparative rarer, superlative am rarsten)
- rare (very uncommon)
Declension
Positive forms of rar
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| 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 | |
Comparative forms of rar
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| 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 | |
Superlative forms of rar
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| 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 | |
Norwegian
Etymology
From Latin rārus (“seldom; rare”).
Adjective
rar (neuter singular rart, definite singular rare, comparative rarere, indefinite superlative rarest, definite superlative rareste)
Synonyms
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rar]
Adjective
rar m, n (feminine singular rară, masculine plural rari, feminine and neuter plural rare)
Declension
declension of rar
Adverb
rar
- sparsely, thinly
- seldom, rarely, infrequently
- (of speaking) slowly
- Vă rog să vorbiți mai rar.
- Please speak more slowly.
- Vă rog să vorbiți mai rar.
Derived terms
Usage notes
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.
References
- rar in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2016
Swedish
Adjective
rar (comparative rarare, superlative rarast)
Declension
| Inflection of rar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | rar | rarare | rarast |
| Neuter singular | rart | rarare | rarast |
| Plural | rara | 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 an attributive role. | |||