nær
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse nær, comparative form of ná (“near”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nær (neuter nært, plural and definite singular attributive nære, comparative nærmere, superlative (predicative) nærmest, superlative (attributive) nærmeste)
Usage notes[edit]
In the sense close, as to family and friends, comparative can be nærere and superlative can be nærest (definite and plural næreste).
Adverb[edit]
nær (comparative nærmere, superlative nærmest)
Preposition[edit]
nær (comparative nærmere, superlative nærmest)
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hvénær; cognate with Danish hvornår.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
nær
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse nær, comparative form of ná (“near”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aiːr
Adverb[edit]
nær
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse nær, comparative form of ná (“near”).
Adjective[edit]
nær (neuter singular nært, definite singular and plural nære, comparative nærere or nærmere, indefinite superlative nærest or nærmest, definite superlative næreste or nærmeste)
Adverb[edit]
nær (comparative nærere or nærmere, superlative nærest or nærmest)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “nær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse nær, comparative of ná-.
Adjective[edit]
nær (masculine and feminine nær, neuter nært, definite singular and plural nære, comparative nærare/nærmare, indefinite superlative nærast/nærmast, definite superlative næraste/nærmaste)
Derived terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
nær (comparative nærare or nærmare, superlative nærast or nærmast)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
nær
- imperative of næra
References[edit]
- “nær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- nærr (adverb)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz, comparative of *nēhw. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
Adjective[edit]
nær
Adverb[edit]
nær (comparative nær, superlative næztr)
- (comparative degree) near
- (comparative degree) towards
- (comparative degree) nearly
- (comparative degree) in accordance with, in conformity to
- (comparative degree) near the truth
- (superlative degree) nearest, next
- (superlative degree) last
- (superlative degree) nearest the truth
Inflection[edit]
This word is one of a little handful of adverbs with defective inflection, where it only exists in the comparative and superlative forms.
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: nær
- Faroese: nær
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nær, nærre
- Norwegian Bokmål: nær
- Elfdalian: nęr
- Old Swedish: nær
- Danish: nær
Preposition[edit]
nær
References[edit]
- nær in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- næst in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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