See also: næ-ɾɛ and näre

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Danish næræ, from Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-West Germanic *naʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (to save; rescue; heal), from *nesaną (to survive, recover, heal) + *-janą (causative).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /nɛːrə/, [ˈnɛːɐ]

Verb edit

nære (imperative nær, infinitive at nære, present tense nærer, past tense nærede, perfect tense næret)

  1. to feed

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adjective edit

nære

  1. definite singular of nær
  2. plural of nær

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (to save; rescue; heal), from *nesaną (to survive, recover, heal) + *-janą (causative).

Verb edit

nære (imperative nær, present tense nærer, passive næres, simple past næret or nærte, past participle næret or nært, present participle nærende)

  1. to feed, nourish, sustain
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (to save; rescue; heal), from *nesaną (to survive, recover, heal) + *-janą (causative).

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

nære (present tense nærer, past tense nærte, past participle nært, passive infinitive nærast, present participle nærande, imperative nær)

  1. to feed, nourish, sustain
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From nær.

Adverb edit

nære

  1. (in expressions) near
    det var nære på
    that was a close call

Noun edit

nære m or n (definite singular næren or næret, indefinite plural nærar or nære, definite plural nærane or næra)

  1. (in compounds) nearness
    Synonym: nærleik
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

nære

  1. inflection of nær:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

nǣre

  1. inflection of nesan:
    1. second-person singular past indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular past subjunctive