Narr

From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognate with German Narr, Yiddish נאַר‎ (nar).

Narr m

1. (Uri) fool

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 66.

From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognate with Yiddish נאַר‎ (nar).

• (most of Germany, parts of Austria) IPA^(key): /nar/, [näɐ̯], [naː]
• (Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland) IPA^(key): /nar/, [när], [nɑr]
• Homophone: na

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Narr m (weak, genitive Narren, plural Narren, feminine Närrin)

1. (dated) fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)
2. (historical) jester, fool
   • 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]‎:

     Mein alter Narr ging, fürcht’ ich, weit in’s Weite; / Nimm seinen Platz und komm an meine Seite

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3. carnival enthusiast

   Synonyms: Karnevalist, Fastnachter

4. Used in compounds to indicate an obsession; freak

   ‎Auto (“car”) + ‎Narr → ‎Autonarr (“car freak”)

   ‎Pferd (“horse”) + ‎Narr → ‎Pferdenarr (“horse lover”)

   ‎Waffe (“weapon”) + ‎Narr → ‎Waffennarr (“gun nut”)

• Narrenfest
• Narrenfreiheit
• Hofnarr

• narren
• närrisch

• → Romansch: narr, nar, nara
• → Slovene: nor

• Eulenspiegel
• Eulenspiegelei
• eulenspiegelhaft (> eulenspiegelhafter Witz (“sly humor”))
• Till Eulenspiegel
• Ulenspiegel

• “Narr” in Duden online
• “Narr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle Low German narre. Compare Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro.

Narr m (plural Narren)

1. fool

• Geck
• Göök

From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognate with German Narr, Yiddish נאַר‎ (nar).

Narr m (plural Narre)

1. fool