how to pronounce paar

/paːʁ/

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the above transcription of paar is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

paar is pronounced in one syllable

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1.

aː

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An example use of paar in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… sie hat nur ein paar minuten bevor sie …”

meanings of paar

noun:

Pair, couple.
Twosome.

determinative:

Some; few; a few.

paar frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word paar occurs in german on average 730.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.