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bære

See also: baere, Bäre, and -bære

Danish

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From adjective bær.

Noun

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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

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bære

  1. definite singular of bær
  2. plural of bær

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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bære

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of betre

Verb

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bære

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of betre

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