nær
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse nær, comparative form of ná (“near”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nær (neuter nært, plural and definite singular attributive nære, comparative nærmere, superlative (predicative) nærmest, superlative (attributive) nærmeste)
Usage notes edit
In the sense close, as to family and friends, comparative can be nærere and superlative can be nærest (definite and plural næreste).
Adverb edit
nær (comparative nærmere, superlative nærmest)
Preposition edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hvénær; cognate with Danish hvornår.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
nær
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse nær, comparative form of ná (“near”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aiːr
Adverb edit
nær
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse nær, comparative form of ná (“near”).
Adjective edit
nær (neuter singular nært, definite singular and plural nære, comparative nærere or nærmere, indefinite superlative nærest or nærmest, definite superlative næreste or nærmeste)
Adverb edit
nær (comparative nærere or nærmere, superlative nærest or nærmest)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “nær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse nær, comparative of ná-.
Adjective edit
nær (masculine and feminine nær, neuter nært, definite singular and plural nære, comparative nærare/nærmare, indefinite superlative nærast/nærmast, definite superlative næraste/nærmaste)
Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
nær (comparative nærare or nærmare, superlative nærast or nærmast)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
nær
- imperative of næra
References edit
- “nær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
- nærr (adverb)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz, comparative of *nēhw. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
Adjective edit
nær
Adverb edit
nær (comparative nær, superlative næztr)
- (comparative degree) near
- (comparative degree) towards
- (comparative degree) nearly
- (comparative degree) in accordance with, in conformity to
- (comparative degree) near the truth
- (superlative degree) nearest, next
- (superlative degree) last
- (superlative degree) nearest the truth
Inflection edit
This word is one of a little handful of adverbs with defective inflection, where it only exists in the comparative and superlative forms.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: nær
- Faroese: nær
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nær, nærre
- Norwegian Bokmål: nær
- Elfdalian: nęr
- Old Swedish: nær
- Danish: nær
Preposition edit
nær
References edit
- nær in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- næst in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.