svar
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse svar (“answer, reply”), either derived from the verb svara or inherited from Proto-Germanic *swarō (“solemn statement”), cognate with English swear. Compare also the compound *andaswarō (“reply”) in English answer and Danish ansvar (“responsibility”).
Noun
svar n (singular definite svaret, plural indefinite svar)
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Norse svárr, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, cognate with Swedish svår, German schwer, Dutch zwaar. Doublet of svær. The Danish form with a is influenced by Middle Low German swār.
Adjective
svar (neuter svart, plural and definite singular attributive svare)
Inflection
| Inflection of svar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | svar | svarere | svarest2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | svart | svarere | svarest2 |
| Plural | svare | svarere | svarest2 |
| Definite attributive1 | svare | svarere | svareste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
svar
- imperative of svare
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse svar (“answer, reply”).
Pronunciation
Noun
svar n (genitive singular svars, plural svør or svar)
Declension
| Declension of svar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n5 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | svar | svarið | svør | svørini |
| accusative | svar | svarið | svør | svørini |
| dative | svari | svarinum | svørum | svørunum |
| genitive | svars | svarsins | svara | svaranna |
| Declension of svar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | svar | svarið | svar | svarini |
| accusative | svar | svarið | svar | svarini |
| dative | svari | svarinum | svarum | svarunum |
| genitive | svars | svarsins | svara | svaranna |
See also
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse svar (“answer, reply”).
Pronunciation
Noun
svar n (genitive singular svars, nominative plural svör)
Declension
| Declension of svar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | svar | svarið | svör | svörin |
| accusative | svar | svarið | svör | svörin |
| dative | svari | svarinu | svörum | svörunum |
| genitive | svars | svarsins | svara | svaranna |
Synonyms
- (answer): ans n
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse svar (“answer, reply”).
Noun
svar n (definite singular svaret, indefinite plural svar, definite plural svara or svarene)
Etymology 2
Verb
svar
References
- “svar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
svar n (definite singular svaret, indefinite plural svar, definite plural svara)
Verb
svar
- imperative of svara
References
- “svar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swarjaną. Related to sverja (“to swear”).[1]
Noun
svar n (genitive svars, plural svǫr)
Declension
Descendants
- Icelandic: svar
- Faroese: svar
- Norwegian Bokmål: svar
- Norwegian Nynorsk: svar
- Swedish: svar
- Danish: svar
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3022”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3022
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse svar (“answer, reply”).
Pronunciation
Noun
svar n
Declension
| Declension of svar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | svar | svaret | svar | svaren |
| Genitive | svars | svarets | svars | svarens |
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