svare

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See also: svåre

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /svaːrə/, [ˈsʋ̥ɑːɑ]

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse svara (to answer), from Proto-Germanic *swarōną, cognate with Norwegian svare, Swedish svara, Middle English swaren. Derived form the noun *swarō (solemn statement).

Verb

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svare (past tense svarede, past participle svaret)

  1. to answer, reply, respond (give a reply to a question; with a noun phrase or a noun clause as its object, with or without an indirect object)
  2. to retort (give a sharp respond to a remark)
  3. to respond, counter (act in return)
  4. to correspond (be similar, with the preposition til)
  5. to pay
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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svare

  1. definite singular of svar
  2. plural of svar

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse svara.

Verb

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svare (imperative svar, present tense svarer, passive svares, simple past svarte, past participle svart, present participle svarende)

  1. to reply, answer

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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svare (present tense svarar or svarer, past tense svara or svarte, past participle svara or svart, present participle svarande, imperative svar)

  1. Alternative form of svara

Serbo-Croatian

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svare (Cyrillic spelling сваре)

  1. third-person plural present of svariti