svare
See also: svåre
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse svara (“to answer”), from Proto-Germanic *swarōną, cognate with Norwegian svare, Swedish svara, Middle English swaren. Derived form the noun *swarō (“solemn statement”).
Verb edit
svare (past tense svarede, past participle svaret)
- to answer, reply, respond (give a reply to a question; with a noun phrase or a noun clause as its object, with or without an indirect object)
- to retort (give a sharp respond to a remark)
- to respond, counter (act in return)
- to correspond (be similar, with the preposition til)
- to pay
Conjugation edit
Inflection of svare
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “svare” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
svare
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
svare (imperative svar, present tense svarer, passive svares, simple past svarte, past participle svart, present participle svarende)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- svar (noun)
References edit
- “svare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
svare (present tense svarar or svarer, past tense svara or svarte, past participle svara or svart, present participle svarande, imperative svar)
- Alternative form of svara
Serbo-Croatian edit
Verb edit
svare (Cyrillic spelling сваре)