Adjective
rar
Pronunciation: /raːr/
scarce; seldom found and therefore in demand
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Meanings
Adjective
- scarce; seldom found and therefore in demand
Example sentence
Benzin ist rar in dieser Gegend.
Gasoline is scarce in this area.
Usage
- rar werden — become scarce or hard to find
- sich rar machen — make oneself scarce or appear less often; a fixed reflexive expression
Gut erhaltene Exemplare dieser Ausgabe sind inzwischen rar.
Well-preserved copies of this edition are now scarce.