stær
Danish edit
Noun edit
stær c (singular definite stæren, plural indefinite stære)
- starling (a songbird, in particular Sturnus vulgaris)
Inflection edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
stær m (definite singular stæren, indefinite plural stærer, definite plural stærene)
- a starling (a songbird, in particular Sturnus vulgaris)
See also edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German star. [1] Compare Swedish starr.
Noun edit
stær ?
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from Old Norse stœrri with vowel length change.
Adjective edit
stær
- (dialectal, Trøndelag) Alternative form of større (“bigger”) (The spelling is not normative because of apocope. The normal spelling will be stære, but is not phonetically correct to the dialect where this word is used.)
References edit
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *staraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tern- (“starling”) and/or Proto-Indo-European *storo- (“starling”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stær m (nominative plural staras)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- English: starling
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *star- (“to be rigid”), from *ster- (“to be stiff, to be strong”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stær m (nominative plural staras)
- a stare
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- English: stare
Etymology 3 edit
Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of earlier *stœr (compare Old High German storia (“history”)), ultimately from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía). Compare also Old English stēor (“guidance, direction”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stǣr n