bära

See also: bara, Bara, bára, Bára, bāra, barā, bæra, and bara-

Swedish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Swedish bæra, from Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (whence also börja, bår and barn). Cognate with Danish bære and Norwegian bære.

See the English verb bear.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bära

1. to carry; to lift and transport anywhere else
2. to wear; e.g. a piece of clothing or jewelery
3. (somewhat dated) to lead to; end up at

Conjugation

Conjugation of bära (class 4 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bära		bäras
Supine	burit		burits
Imperative	bär		—
Imper. plural1	bären		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bär	bar	bärs, bäres	bars
Ind. plural1	bära	buro	bäras	buros
Subjunctive2	bäre	bure	bäres	bures
	Participles
Present participle	bärande
Past participle	buren
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• (lead to): leda (till)

Derived terms

• bortbära
• innebära
• uppbära
• bärverk

lead to

• alla vägar bär till Rom