nære
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
Verb edit
nære (imperative nær, infinitive at nære, present tense nærer, past tense nærede, perfect tense næret)
- to feed
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “nære” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
nære
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)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
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)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From nær.
Adverb edit
nære
- (in expressions) near
- det var nære på
- that was a close call
- det var nære på
Noun edit
nære m or n (definite singular næren or næret, indefinite plural nærar or nære, definite plural nærane or næra)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
nære
References edit
- “nære” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nǣre
- inflection of nesan: