bær

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ber.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛr/, [b̥æɐ̯]

Noun

bær n (singular definite bærret, plural indefinite bær)

1. berry

Inflection

    Inflection of bær

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	bær	bærret	bær	bærrene
genitive	bærs	bærrets	bærs	bærrenes

Etymology 2

See bære.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛːr/, [b̥æɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

bær

1. imperative of bære

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bœr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paiːr/ (

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  Rhymes: -aiːr

Noun

bær m

1. farm
2. town

Declension

declension of bær

m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bær	bærinn	bæir	bæirnir
accusative	bæ	bæinn	bæi	bæina
dative	bæ	bænum	bæjum	bæjunum
genitive	bæjar	bæjarins	bæja	bæjanna

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse ber.

Noun

bær n

1. berry

Inflection

    Inflection of bær

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	bær	bæret	bær	bæra/bærene
Nynorsk n	bær	bæret	bær	bæra [bæri]

References

“baer” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old English

Etymology

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: Slavic *bosъ (Russian босой (bosój), Polish bosy, Baltic *basas (Lithuanian bãsas, Latvian bass), Albanian mbath (“I wear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bær/

Adjective

bær

1. bare, naked, unconcealed

   Wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo: we stand here naked, unprotected by garments. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)

Derived terms

• barian
• bærlīċe