gar
German, adjective
gar is spelled G-A-R (3 letters) and appears 437 times per million words in written German, the 215th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gar is a German adjective meaning “cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, gär is a different word: “singular imperative of gären”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gegart, gut gekocht, durchgebraten, durchgebacken”.
What does gar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption)
- 2
refined
adverb
- 1
at all; even
Sie hat gar kein Geld.
- 2
even; expressing a climax
Ist er ein Dieb? Ein Räuber? Oder gar ein Mörder?
- 3
all
Wenn er gar zu frech wird, geben Sie ihm eine kräftige Ohrfeige.
- 4
AustriaSwitzerlandvery; quite; really
Das war gar frech von dir!
verb
- 1
singular imperative of gären
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gegart, gut gekocht, durchgebraten, durchgebacken 2. zu Ende, aufgebraucht
particle: 1. sehr, ganz, vollkommen, sogar
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 gar
- garer masculine nominative singular
- gare feminine nominative singular
- gares neuter nominative singular
- garen genitive masculine singular
- garem dative masculine singular
- der gare definite includes-article masculine
- die gare definite feminine includes-article
- das gare definite includes-article neuter
- die garen definite includes-article nominative
- des garen definite genitive includes-article
- der garen definite feminine genitive
- dem garen dative definite includes-article
- den garen dative definite includes-article
- am garsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gar in German?
gar appears 437 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).