aaber

See also: åber

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• oober
• ääber (Berner Oberland)

Etymology

From Middle High German āber, from Old High German ābar, from Latin aprīcus (“sunny, warmed by the sun”). Alternatively, a derivative of beran (“to bear”), meaning “not bearing (snow)”. Cognate with German aper.

Adjective

aaber

1. snow-free, snowless

Derived terms

• Äberi

References

• “āber”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache^[1] (in German), volume I, 1885–2020, column 39
• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 22.

Scots

Etymology 1

Adjective

aaber

1. Shetland form of aber (“sharp”)

Verb

aaber

1. Shetland form of aber (“to sharpen”)

References

• “aaber” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Etymology 2

Verb

aaber

1. Orkney form of abir

References

• “aaber, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.