bær
Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bær n (singular definite bærret, plural indefinite bær)
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
bær
- imperative of bære
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bær m (genitive singular bæjar, nominative plural bæir)
Declension[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra or bærene)
- a berry
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
bær
- imperative of bære
References[edit]
“bær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse ber,[1] from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Akin to English berry.
Noun[edit]
bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra)
- a berry
Inflection[edit]
Historical inflection of bær
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Aasen (1850) notes that dialects of Nordhordland use a form, berja-, to form compounds.[2] 3He also notes that this word is considered feminine in some locations.[2] |
Derived terms[edit]
- asalbær
- bjørnebær
- blokkebær
- blåbær
- bringebær
- bærbusk
- bærfis
- bærfrukt
- bærhage
- bærhaust
- bærkart
- bærkongel
- bærkongle
- bærlyng
- bærplukkar
- bærsaft
- bærsanking
- bærsaus
- bærskog
- bærtege
- bærtue
- bærtur
- bærvin
- bærår
- cocktailbær
- einebær
- hagebær
- heggebær
- hundebær
- hyllebær
- hønsebær
- jomfrumariabær
- jordbær
- kermesbær
- kirsebær
- kjelebær
- kjerringbær
- krekebær
- kråkebær
- laurbær
- loganbær
- mikkelsbær
- mjølbær
- moltebær
- morbær
- myrbær
- nakkebær
- orbær
- ramnebær
- ripsbær
- rognebær
- rypebær
- skogsbær
- skrubbær
- snøbær
- solbær
- stikkelsbær
- teiebær
- tranebær
- trollbær
- tussebær
- tytebær
- tågebær
- villbær
- vinbær
- åkerbær
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse bærr,[1] from Proto-Germanic *bēriz. Doublet of -bar.
Adjective[edit]
bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)
- (chiefly of cattle) about to calve, or which recently has calved
- (more generally, or in compounds) carrying
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
bær
Etymology 4[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)
- (obsolete, dialectal or eye dialect) alternative spelling of berr (“bare”)
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.
Germanic cognates: Old Frisian bar, Old Saxon bar, Middle Dutch bar, baer (Dutch bar, baar), Old High German bar (German bar), Old Norse berr (Swedish bar, Norwegian Nynorsk berr).
Indo-European cognates: Proto-Balto-Slavic *basas (Lithuanian bãsas, Latvian bass, Russian босо́й (bosój), Polish bosy), Albanian mbath (“I wear”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bær
- bare, naked, unconcealed
- Wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo. ― We stand here naked, unprotected by garments. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bær
Old Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.
Noun[edit]
bær n
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Swedish: bär
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish neuter nouns
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish verb forms
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːr/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- nb:Fruits
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with homophones
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- Norwegian Nynorsk doublets
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with obsolete senses
- Norwegian Nynorsk dialectal terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk eye dialect
- nn:Fruits
- nn:Pregnancy
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Old English terms with quotations
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse adjective forms
- Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Swedish lemmas
- Old Swedish nouns
- Old Swedish neuter nouns
- Old Swedish ja-stem nouns