svare

See also: svåre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse svara.

Verb

svare (imperative svar, infinitive at svare, present tense svarer, past tense svarede, perfect tense har svaret)

1. to answer, to reply
2. to retort

Conjugation

Conjugation of svare

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	svare	svares
Present tense	svarer	svares
Past tense	svarede	svaredes
Imperative	svar	-
Participle
Present	svarende
Past	svaret
Gerund	svaren

Antonyms

• spørge

References

• “svare” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse svara

Verb

svare (imperative svar, present tense svarer, passive svares, simple past svarte, past participle svart, present participle svarende)

1. to reply, answer

Derived terms

• besvare
• tilsvare

Related terms

• svar (noun)

References

• “svare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

svare (present tense svarar or svarer, past tense svara or svarte, past participle svara or svart, present participle svarande, imperative svar)

1. Alternative form of svara