bärsa

See also: bârsă

Swedish

Etymology

Attested since 1898 according to Nationalencyklopedins ordbok. From the older bärjersöl, a colloquial form of bayerskt öl ("Bavarian beer")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bærsa/, [²bæʂa]

Noun

bärsa c

1. (colloquial, dated) A (quantity of) beer; brewsky.

Declension

Declension of bärsa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bärsa	bärsan	bärsor	bärsorna
Genitive	bärsas	bärsans	bärsors	bärsornas

Synonyms

• bira
• öl

Related terms

• bärs

Verb

bärsa (present bärsar, preterite bärsade, supine bärsat, imperative bärsa)

1. (slang) To drink beer.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bärsa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bärsa		bärsas
Supine	bärsat		bärsats
Imperative	bärsa		—
Imper. plural1	bärsen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bärsar	bärsade	bärsas	bärsades
Ind. plural1	bärsa	bärsade	bärsas	bärsades
Subjunctive2	bärse	bärsade	bärses	bärsades
	Participles
Present participle	bärsande
Past participle	bärsad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• bärsa in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• bäras