# klar
## English
### Etymology

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### Noun

klar (plural klar)
* In Karen animism, one of the thirty-seven spirits that are said to embody every individual.

### Anagrams

* kral, Karl, Lark, lark, Kral

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkʰl̥ɑˀ]
* Rhymes: -aːˀr

### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German klār, from Latin clārus (“clear”).

#### Adjective

klar
* clear
* bright
* plain
* distinct
* lucid
* conscious

##### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

##### Derived terms

* klare
* klarhed
* uklar

#### Adjective

klar (uninflected)
* ready
* willing

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

klar
* imperative of klare

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German klār, clār, formally from Middle Low German klār or Middle Dutch claer and reinforced by Old French cler, both from Latin clārus (“bright”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kläː(ɐ̯)] [kl̥äː(ʁ)]
* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [kɫɑː], [kɫ̥ɑː], [kʟ̥ɑː] (Austrian German)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː

### Adjective

klar (strong nominative masculine singular klarer, comparative klarer, superlative am klarsten)
* clear; transparent; bright
* clear; unambiguous; understood
    Synonym: eindeutig
    War meine Frage nicht klar genug?Was my question not clear enough?

#### Derived terms

* Eiklar
* klären
* klargehen
* klarkommen
* klarstellen
* startklar
* klar wie Klärchen

### Adverb

klar
* (colloquial) obviously, surely
    Synonyms: gewiss, sicher, freilich, selbstverständlich

### Interjection

klar!
* okay!; sure!; all right!
* (sarcastically) yeah, right! (sarcastic expression of disbelief)

#### Derived terms

* na klar (“sure thing!”)

### References

* ↑ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “klar”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “klar, erkennbar, anschaulich” in Duden online
* “klar, freilich, allerdings” in Duden online
* “klar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German klār and Old Norse klárr, from Latin clārus (“clear”).

#### Adjective

klar (neuter singular klart, definite singular and plural klare, comparative klarere, indefinite superlative klarest, definite superlative klareste)
* clear
* bright
* plain
* distinct
* lucid
* conscious
* ready (not comparable)

##### Derived terms

* forklare
* klare
* klargjøre
* klarhet
* klokkeklar
* krystallklar
* sjøklar
* uklar

### Etymology 2

See klare (“to handle, to manage”).

#### Verb

klar
* imperative of klare

### References

* “klar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /klɑːr/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse klárr, from Middle Low German klār, from Latin clārus (“clear”).

#### Alternative forms

* klår

#### Adjective

klar (neuter singular klart, definite singular and plural klare, comparative klarare, indefinite superlative klarast, definite superlative klaraste)
* clear
* bright
* plain
* distinct
* lucid
* conscious
* ready (not comparable)
* (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) exhausted, tired

##### Derived terms

* forklare
* klare
* klokkeklar
* krystallklar
* sjøklar
* uklar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

klar
* imperative of klare

### References

* “klar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German klar, from Latin clarus (“bright, clear”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈklɑːr/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

klar (comparative klarare, superlative klarast)
* ready, finished, done
    Middagen är klar!Dinner's ready!
* ready
    Synonym: redo
    Vi är klara att börjaWe are ready to begin
* clear; without clouds
* clear; free of ambiguity; easy to understand
* completely transparent
    Klar som kristall.Clear as crystal.

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Derived terms

* klarskinn
* klart som korvspad

#### Related terms

* klarhet
* klarna
* som en blixt från klar himmel

### Further reading

* klar in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* Karl, karl