bære
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish bæræ, from Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, cognate with Swedish bära, English bear, German gebären. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), which is also the source of Latin ferō, Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Sanskrit भरति (bhárati).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛːrə/, [ˈb̥ɛːɐ], [ˈb̥æːɐ]
- Homophones: bæger, bærer
Verb
bære (past tense bar, past participle båret, common gender attributive båren, definite or plural attributive bårne)
- to carry (to transport by lifting)
- to carry (to be transmitted; to travel)
- to bear (to be equipped with something)
- to bear (to put up with something)
- to bear (to produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops)
Inflection
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).
Verb
bære (imperative bær, present tense bærer, passive bæres, simple past bar, past participle båret, present participle bærende)
Derived terms
References
- “bære” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From adjective bær.
Noun
bære f (definite singular bæra, indefinite plural bærer, definite plural bærene)
Adjective
bære
Etymology 2
Adjective
bære
Verb
bære
References
- “bære” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
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