bære

See also: baere, Bäre, and -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)

1. to carry (to transport by lifting)
2. to carry (to be transmitted; to travel)
3. to bear (to be equipped with something)
4. to bear (to put up with something)
5. to bear (to produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops)

Inflection

Inflection of bære

	present	past
simple	bærer	bar
perfect	har båret	havde båret
passive	bæres	(archaic) bares
participle	bærende	båret
imperative	bær	—
infinitive	bære	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	bæren	—

Derived terms

• bærbar
• bæredygtig
• bære frem
• bære igennem
• bære over
• bærepose
• bærer
• bæresele
• bære ud
• enbåren
• fribåren
• fuldbåren
• højbåren
• luftbåren
• oppebære
• æterbåren

 

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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)

1. to bear; endure
2. to wear
3. to support; bear; carry

Derived terms

Terms derived from bære

• bærbar
• bærebølge
• bæreevne

• bærekraftig
• bærepose
• bærer (noun)

• innebære
• rentebærende

References

• “bære” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From adjective bær.

Noun

bære f (definite singular bæra, indefinite plural bærer, definite plural bærene)

1. a cattle which is about to calve, or which recently has calved

Adjective

bære

1. definite singular of bær
2. plural of bær

Etymology 2

Adjective

bære

1. (dialectal) alternative form of betre

Verb

bære

1. (dialectal) alternative form of betre

References

• “bære” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.