# aber
## Aragonese
### Verb

aber
* Superseded spelling of haber.

## Breton
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber.

### Noun

aber m or f (plural aberioù)
* ria, estuary, mouth of a river

#### Descendants

* → French: aber

### Verb

aber
* present of aberiñ

### Further reading

* Henry, Victor (1900) “aber”, in Lexique étymologique des termes les plus usuels du breton moderne (Bibliothèque bretonne armoricaine; III) (in French), Rennes: J. Plihon et L. Hervé

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish a ver, short form of the phrase vamos a ver (“let's see”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈbeɾ/ [ʔɐˈbiɾ̪]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧ber

### Interjection

abér (Badlit spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜇ᜔)
* let me see; let's see

## Cornish
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber, from Proto-Celtic *adberos. Cognate with Breton aber and Welsh aber.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈabɛr/

### Noun

aber m (plural aberyow)
* river mouth, estuary
    Synonym: heyl

## Danish
### Noun

aber c
* indefinite plural of abe

### Verb

aber
* present of abe

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Breton aber.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.bɛʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

aber m (plural abers)
* (geography) a ria, especially one in Brittany

### Further reading

* “aber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German aber, aver, from Old High German aber, ābar, abur, aver, avur, afur, from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“behind”). Compare Bavarian owa (“but”), Luxembourgish awer (“but”), Saterland Frisian oaber (“but”), Middle Low German āver, German Low German aver (“but”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːbɐ/ (standard)
* IPA: /ˈabɐ/ (colloquial; when unstressed by regular shortening, but also used when stressed)
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Conjunction

aber (coordinating)
* but; however; though
    Ich mag keine Orangen, aber ich mag Äpfel. ― I don't like oranges, but I like apples.

#### Usage notes

* Unlike most other conjunctions, aber doesn't need to be the first word of a clause and can thereby emphasize the preceding word(s): Ich bin dafür, er aber lehnt es ab. — “I’m in favour, but he has rejected it.” In such a construction, aber can be considered an adverb, though the usual interpretation is that it is still a conjunction.
* After a negative, sondern is used to express a contrast, while aber expresses a gradation or nuance. Compare:
       Wir haben keine Pizza gekauft, sondern Zutaten, um eine selbst zu machen. ― We didn't buy a pizza but ingredients to make one ourselves.
       Wir haben die Pizza nicht selbst gemacht, aber haben auch Zutaten gekauft, um sie zu verbessern. ― We didn't make the pizza ourselves but also bought ingredients to improve it.
* It's usually better or less dated English to not translate sondern with but:
       Er ist nicht genial, sondern dumm. ― He isn’t brilliant; in fact he's stupid. / He isn’t brilliant, he's stupid.
       Er ist nicht genial, aber ziemlich klug. ― He isn’t brilliant but quite intelligent.

#### Derived terms

* aber hallo
* aber, aber

### Adverb

aber
* (obsolete, except in compounds) again
* (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect
    Das ist aber teuer. ― That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought.
    Du bist aber groß geworden! ― Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child)
* (conjunctive) nonetheless, nevertheless
    Die Wohnung ist zwar klein, ich würde sie aber gerne nehmen.The apartment is small, nevertheless I would like to take it.

#### Derived terms

* abermals
* abertausend

### Further reading

* “aber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “aber”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Javanese ꦲꦧꦼꦂ (aber), from Old Javanese abĕr (“to slow”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈabər/ [ˈa.bər]
* Rhymes: -abər
* Syllabification: a‧ber

### Adjective

abêr
* (dialectal) lost, exhausted

### Further reading

* “aber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kholosi
### Etymology

From Persian ابر (abr).

### Noun

aber ?
* cloud

### Further reading

* Arora, Aryaman (2020) “aber”, in Kholosi Dictionary‎

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From German Aber (“objection”), a substantivization of German aber (“but, however, though”) (as in "no buts and no ifs"), from Middle High German aber, aver, from Old High German aber, abur, aver, avur, afur (“however, but”), either from Proto-Germanic *afar, *abar, *abur (“after, following”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away, from”), or from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“behind”), from pre-Germanic *h₂ép-erom, accusative/allative to an adjective *h₂éperos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑːbər/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːbər
* Hyphenation: ab‧er

### Noun

aber n (definite singular aberet, indefinite plural aber or abere, definite plural abera or aberne)
* a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty
    Det er et aber med det.There is a problem with it.
** 1908, Kristian F. Biller, Lys og Skygge:– Nei, virkelig, har De ikke spist. Det var et aber: vi kunde jo ha stukket indom en restaurant- No, really, you have not eaten. It was a difficulty: we could have stopped by a restaurant
** 1927, Tidens Tegn:det er bare den aber at staten eier denit is only the catch that the state owns it
** 1921, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker VII, page 87:[det] kunde være enkelte abere at notere[it] could be individual difficulties to note
** 1907, Alexander L. Kielland, Samlede værker I (Mindeutgave), page 78:[hun hadde] været forlovet – riktignok bare ni uger – men det var dog et lidet aber[she had] been engaged - admittedly only nine weeks - but it was still a suffering difficulty
** 1879-1895, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 238:det har vel sine aber det ogsaait probably has its difficulties too
** 2010, Lars Saabye Christensen, Bernhard Hvals forsnakkelser:det eneste som måtte være et aber er at når jeg biter kjevene sammen og knusper, kjenner jeg bare de bløte gommene gli mot hverandrethe only thing that may be a difficulty is that when I bite my jaws together and crush, I only feel the soft palates slide against each other

#### Synonyms

* hake (“catch”), ulempe (“disadvantage”), vanskelighet (“difficulty”), men (“damage, injury”)

### Further reading

* “aber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “aber” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “aber” in Store norske leksikon

### Anagrams

* bare

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* aaber

### Etymology

From Old Norse apr (“sharp, hard, bad”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑ(ː)bər/

### Adjective

aber (Shetland)
* sharp, keen.
* clear, distinct.
* sharp-sighted, observant, watchful.
* eager
* greedy

### Verb

aber (Shetland)
* to sharpen
* to poke a fire in order to brighten it (often with up)

#### Derived terms

* aaberness
* aber heart cake
* aber knot

### Further reading

* “aber”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
* Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “aber”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* hàber

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خبر (haber), from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎber/
* Hyphenation: a‧ber

### Noun

àber m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бер)
* (regional, Bosnia) news
* (regional, Bosnia) message, information
* (regional, Bosnia) sensation, feeling

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German aber (“but”), turned into a noun (as in "no buts and no ifs").

### Noun

aber n
* a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

#### Declension

The plural is the same, but definite forms do not apply.

### Further reading

* aber in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* aber in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* aber in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* bare

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish a ver.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈbeɾ/ [ʔɐˈbɛɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: a‧ber

### Interjection

abér (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜇ᜔)
* let's see; let me see
    Synonyms: tingnan, patingin
* okay; all right

#### Related terms

* keber

### Anagrams

* abre

## Tarifit
### Noun

aber m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵔ, plural abriwen, diminutive tabert)
* Alternative spelling of abeř: eyelash

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber, from Proto-Celtic *adberos.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈabɛr/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈa(ː)bɛr/
* Rhymes: -abɛr

### Noun

aber m or f (plural aberoedd or ebyr)
* estuary, mouth of a river
* confluence, joining of two or more rivers
    Synonym: cydlifiad

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 1
* ↑ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aber”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Zipser German
### Conjunction

aber
* Alternative form of åber