gera

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃeːɹa]

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse gera, gøra, gørva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną.

VerbEdit

at gera (third person singular past indicative gjørdi, third person plural past indicative gjørdu, supine gjørt)

1. to do, to make

ConjugationEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Danish gære, from German gären.

VerbEdit

at gera (third person singular past indicative geraði, supine gerað)

1. to ferment, to brew

ConjugationEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse gera, gøra, gørva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną.

Alternative formsEdit

• (mostly archaic) gjöra

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛːra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra

VerbEdit

gera (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gerði, supine gert)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to do ^syn.

   Hvað ertu að gera?

   What are you doing?

   Letingjar gera aldrei neitt.

   Loafers never do anything.

2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to make ^deriv. syn.
3. to arbitrate, to determine ^deriv. syn.
4. (impersonal) used with nouns denoting a weather condition to indicate that that type of weather is going on

   Það gerði rigningu.

   It rained.

ConjugationEdit

Derived termsEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• gerva
• gørva
• gøra

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). Cognate with Old English gearwian, Old Saxon garwian, gerwian, Old High German garawen.

VerbEdit

gera (singular past indicative gerði, plural past indicative gørðu, past participle gerðr)

1. to do, make

ConjugationEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

• “göra” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

VerbEdit

gera

1. third-person singular present indicative of gerar
2. second-person singular imperative of gerar

Alternative formsEdit

• gyera

EtymologyEdit

Compare Spanish guerra

NounEdit

gera

1. war

See alsoEdit

• digmaan

VerbEdit

gera

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of èser
2. third-person plural imperfect indicative of èser