hær

See also: haer, her, hér, här, her-, Her, and Appendix:Variations of "har"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse herr, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“war”).

Noun

hær c (singular definite hæren, plural indefinite hære)

1. army
2. host (multitude of people arrayed as an army)

Inflection

Declension of hær

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hær	hæren	hære	hærene
genitive	hærs	hærens	hæres	hærenes

Related terms

• hærge

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Middle English

Noun

hær

1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse herr.

Noun

hær m (definite singular hæren, indefinite plural hærer, definite plural hærene)

1. an army

Synonyms

• armé

Derived terms

• hærskare
• hærstyrke
• hærta
• hærverk

References

• “hær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (former reform[s] only): her

Etymology

From Old Norse herr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæːr/, /heːr/
• Homophone: her

Noun

hær m (definite singular hæren, indefinite plural hærar, definite plural hærane)

1. army

   Landet hadde den største hæren i området.

   The country had the largest army in the area.

2. large/huge amount, flock

   Det kom ein heil hær av grashopper.

   A huge amount of grasshoppers came.

Derived terms

• hærskare
• hærstyrke
• hærta
• hærverk

References

• “hær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• hēr

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hār. Cognate with Old Saxon hār, Dutch haar, Old High German hār (German Haar), Old Norse hár (Swedish hår).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæːr/, [hæːr]

Noun

hǣr n

1. hair

Usage notes

When referring to someone's hair collectively, this word is often used in the plural: Sē ēadiga wæs blīðe on andwlitan, mid hwītum hǣrum ("The blessed man was cheerful in aspect, with white hair", lit. "hairs").

Declension

Declension of hǣr (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hǣr	hǣr
accusative	hǣr	hǣr
genitive	hǣres	hǣra
dative	hǣre	hǣrum

Descendants

• Middle English: her
  • English: hair
  • Scots: hair, hayr, hare
  • Yola: haar

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Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *hɛːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *hər ~ *həər. Cognate with Khmer ហើរ (haə).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛr/

Noun

hær 

1. to fly