bær
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bær n (singular definite bærret, plural indefinite bær)
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bær
- imperative of bære
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bær m (genitive singular bæjar, nominative plural bæir)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra or bærene)
- a berry
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bær
- imperative of bære
References edit
“bær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse ber,[1] from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Akin to English berry.
Noun edit
bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra)
- a berry
Inflection edit
Historical inflection of bær
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Aasen (1850) notes that dialects of Nordhordland use a form, berja-, to form compounds.[2] 3He also notes that this word is considered feminine in some locations.[2] |
Derived terms edit
- asalbær
- bjørnebær
- blokkebær
- blåbær
- bringebær
- bærbusk
- bærfis
- bærfrukt
- bærhage
- bærhaust
- bærkart
- bærkongel
- bærkongle
- bærlyng
- bærplukkar
- bærsaft
- bærsanking
- bærsaus
- bærskog
- bærtege
- bærtue
- bærtur
- bærvin
- bærår
- cocktailbær
- einebær
- hagebær
- heggebær
- hundebær
- hyllebær
- hønsebær
- jomfrumariabær
- jordbær
- kermesbær
- kirsebær
- kjelebær
- kjerringbær
- krekebær
- kråkebær
- laurbær
- loganbær
- mikkelsbær
- mjølbær
- moltebær
- morbær
- myrbær
- nakkebær
- orbær
- ramnebær
- ripsbær
- rognebær
- rypebær
- skogsbær
- skrubbær
- snøbær
- solbær
- stikkelsbær
- teiebær
- tranebær
- trollbær
- tussebær
- tytebær
- tågebær
- villbær
- vinbær
- åkerbær
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse bærr,[1] from Proto-Germanic *bēriz. Doublet of -bar.
Adjective edit
bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)
- (chiefly of cattle) about to calve, or which recently has calved
- (more generally, or in compounds) carrying
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
bær
Etymology 4 edit
Adjective edit
bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)
- (obsolete, dialectal or eye dialect) alternative spelling of berr (“bare”)
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Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.
Germanic cognates: Old Frisian bar, Old Saxon bar, Middle Dutch bar, baer (Dutch bar, baar), Old High German bar (German bar), Old Norse berr (Swedish bar, Norwegian Nynorsk berr).
Indo-European cognates: Proto-Balto-Slavic *basas (Lithuanian bãsas, Latvian bass, Russian босо́й (bosój), Polish bosy), Albanian mbath (“I wear”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bær
- bare, naked, unconcealed
- Wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo. ― We stand here naked, unprotected by garments. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)
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Old Norse edit
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bær
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.
Noun edit
bær n
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Swedish: bär