dar
German, adverb/daːɐ̯/
dar is spelled D-A-R (3 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written German, the 1,516th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dar is a German adverb meaning “only used in darstellen etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dar mean in English?
adverb
- 1
archaiconly used in darstellen etc.
prefix
- 1
there
- 2
forth
- 3
up, over
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. von Zusammensetzungen bei Verben abgetrennte Vorsilbe mit hinweisender (deiktischer) Bedeutung
prefix: 1. in Zusammensetzungen bei Verben, abtrennbare Vorsilbe mit hinweisender (deiktischer) Bedeutung 2. erster Wortbestandteil (Konstituente) etlicher Pronominaladverbien mit hinweisender Bedeutung, wenn der zweite Wortbestandteil mit einem Vokal beginnt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dar
- da- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dar?
- /daːɐ̯/
- [daːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dar in German?
dar appears 56 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).