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You can make 21 words from aber according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of aber

aber baer aebr eabr bear ebar abre bare arbe rabe brae rbae aerb earb areb raeb erab reab bera ebra brea rbea erba reba

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word aber. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in aber.

Definitions and meaning of aber

aber

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“hold, have”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbe(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
• Syllabification: a‧ber

Verb

aber

1. to have

Conjugation

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber.

Noun

aber m or f (plural aberioù)

1. ria, estuary, mouth of a river

Descendants

• → French: aber

Verb

aber

1. 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^(key): /ʔaˈbeɾ/, [ʔʌˈbiɾ̪]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧ber

Interjection

abér (Badlit spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

1. let me see; let's see

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈabɛr/

Noun

aber m (plural aberyow)

1. rivermouth

Danish

Noun

aber c

1. indefinite plural of abe

Verb

aber

1. present of abe

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton aber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛʁ/

Noun

aber m (plural abers)

1. (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, 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^(key): /ˈaːbɐ/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈabɐ/ (colloquial; when unstressed by regular shortening, but also used when stressed)

Conjunction

aber (coordinating)

1. 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

1. (obsolete, except in compounds) again
2. (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)

3. (conjunctive) nonetheless, nevertheless

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈabər]
• Hyphenation: abêr

Adjective

aber

1. lost or run out of strength and superiority

Further reading

• “aber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Kholosi

Etymology

From Persian ابر (abr).

Noun

aber ?

1. cloud

Further reading

• Arora, Aryaman (2020) “aber”, in Kholosi Dictionary‎^[2]

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 *apo- (“away, from”), or from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“behind”), from pre-Germanic *h₂ép-erom, accusative/allative to an adjective *h₂ép-eros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːbər/
• Rhymes: -ɑːbər
• Hyphenation: ab‧er

Noun

aber n (definite singular aberet, indefinite plural aber or abere, definite plural abera or aberne)

1. a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

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^(key): /ˈɑ(ː)bər/

Adjective

aber (Shetland)

1. sharp, keen.
2. clear, distinct.
3. sharp-sighted, observant, watchful.
4. eager
5. greedy

Verb

aber (Shetland)

1. to sharpen
2. 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.
• “aber” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary^[3], 2016.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hàber

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎber/
• Hyphenation: a‧ber

Noun

àber m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бер)

1. (regional, Bosnia) news
2. (regional, Bosnia) message, information
3. (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

1. 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^(key): /ʔaˈbeɾ/, [ʔɐˈbɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ber

Interjection

abér (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

1. let's see; let me see

   Synonyms: tingnan, patingin

2. okay; all right

Related terms

Tarifit

Noun

aber m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵔ, plural abriwen, diminutive tabert)

1. Alternative spelling of abeř: eyelash

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈabɛr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)bɛr/
• Rhymes: -abɛr

Noun

aber m or f (plural aberoedd or ebyr)

1. estuary, mouth of a river
2. confluence, joining of two or more rivers

   Synonym: cydlifiad

Mutation

References

Zipser German

Conjunction

aber

1. Alternative form of åber

Source: wiktionary.org