Information about the word bar (Dutch → Esperanto: severa)

Synonyms: streng, zwaar, flink

Part of speechadjective
Pronunciation/bɑr/
Hyphenationbar

Degrees of comparison

Positivebar
Comparativebarder
Superlativebarst

Declension

 PositiveComparativeSuperlative
Predicativebarbarder(het) barst, (het) barste
AttributiveIndefiniteMasculine and feminine pluralbarrebarderebarste
Indefinite singularbarbarderbarst
Pluralbarrebarderebarste
Definitebarrebarderebarste
Partitivebarsbarders 

Usage samples

En in Oeganda, waar het grootste deel van de bevolking in barre armoede leeft, geloven ze die onzin.

Translations

Englishheavy; severe; hard
Esperantosevera
Frenchpénible
Germangrimmig