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bære

See also: baere, Bäre, and -bære

Danish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Verb edit

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)

Conjugation edit

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 edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

Verb edit

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 edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From adjective bær.

Noun edit

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 edit

bære

  1. definite singular of bær
  2. plural of bær

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

bære

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of betre

Verb edit

bære

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of betre

References edit

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