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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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år n (singular definite året, plural indefinite år)

  1. year

Inflection

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Declension of år
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative år året år årene
genitive års årets års årenes

Derived terms

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References

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Low German

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Conjunction

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år (Westphalian)

  1. alternative form of àder

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oːɾ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

  1. a year
    I hvilket år skjedde det?
    In what year did that happen?
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by åre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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oːɾ/, [oːr], [oə̯-], [-ɾ], [-ʁ]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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  • aar (obsolete typography)

Noun

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

  1. a year
Inflection
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Historical inflection of år
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
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
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse ár.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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

  1. an oar
Inflection
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Historical inflection of år
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
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

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

Alternative forms

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Noun

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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
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Historical inflection of år
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
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

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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år n

  1. a year (time period)
    1872 var ett bra år
    1872 was a good year
    Vilket år är hon född? / Vilket år föddes hon?
    What year was she born?
    "Vilket år är hon född?" implies that she is still alive.
    årets bokrea
    this year's book sale
    (literally, “the year's book sale [idiomatic]”)
    årets låt
    song of the year
    Vi arbetar året runt/om
    We work year-round
    (literally, “We work the year (a)round”)
  2. a year (length of time)
    Synonym: (colloquial) jordsnurr (literally earth-spin)
    Hon är 55 år gammal
    She is 55 years old
    Kyrkan tog över tjugo år att bygga
    The church took over twenty years to build
    Hon har bott där i fyra år
    She has lived there for four years
    Hon flyttade dit för fyra år sedan
    She moved [to] there four years ago
    Jag har inte varit där på flera år
    I haven't been there in [several] years

Declension

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Derived terms

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Anagrams

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