år

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ar" and Appendix:Variations of "aar"

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Danish aar, from Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-. Compare Norwegian and Swedish år, English year.

Noun[edit]

år n (singular definite året, plural indefinite år)

  1. year

Inflection[edit]

Declension of år
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative år året år årene
genitive års årets års årenes

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

German Low German[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

år

  1. (Westphalian) Alternative form of àder

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse ár (“year; plenty, abundance”), from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

år n (definite singular året, indefinite plural år, definite plural åra or årene)

  1. a year
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

år f or m (definite singular åra or åren, indefinite plural årer, definite plural årene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by åre

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-. Akin to English year.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • aar (obsolete typography)

Noun[edit]

år n (definite singular året, indefinite plural år, definite plural åra)

  1. a year
Inflection[edit]
Historical inflection of år
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Aar Aaret Aar Aari
1901 aaret (aare)
1917 år året år åra, åri
1938 åra [åri]
2012 (current) år året år år

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse ár.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

år f (definite singular åra, indefinite plural årar or årer, definite plural årane or årene)

  1. an oar
Inflection[edit]
Historical inflection of år
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Aar Aari Aarar Aararne
1901 aararne (aarane)
1917 år åra, åri årar, årer årane, årene
19382 åra [åri]
2012 (current) år åra årar, årer årane, årene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2åre was taken in as an alternative form.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic *ēþrǭ.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

år f (definite singular åra, indefinite plural årar or årer, definite plural årane or årene)

  1. (anatomy, botany or geology) a vein
    • 1915, Kristofer Janson, Norske eventyr som taletekster, page 75:
      han ransakar aadrarna i bladet
      he examines the veins of the leaf
Inflection[edit]
Historical inflection of år
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Aadr Aadri Aadrar Aadrarna
1901 aadrarne (aadrane)
1917 år åra, åri årar, årer årane, årene
19382 åra [åri]
2012 (current) år åra årar, årer årane, årene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2åre was taken in as an alternative form.

References[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish ār, from Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈoːr/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ]år

Noun[edit]

år n

  1. a year

Declension[edit]

Declension of år 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative år året år åren
Genitive års årets års årens

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

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