vare

See also: Väre, väre, varé, våre, være, vaře, and варе

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Etymology 1

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Noun

vare (plural vares)

1. (UK, dialect) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A weasel.

Derived terms

• vare widgeon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vara (“staff, wand”), Latin vara (“forked pole”).

Noun

vare (plural vares)

1. A wand or staff of authority or justice.
   • 1681-1682, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel

     His hand a vare of justice did uphold.

References

• “vare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “vare”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• AVRE, Rave, Vera, aver, evar, rave, vera

Albanian

Etymology

From var.

Noun

vare m (plural varja, definite varja, definite plural varjat)

1. hammer, Large hammer

Declension

Declension of vare

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	vare	varja	varja	varjat
accusative			varen
dative	vare	varjave	vares	varjavet
ablative		varjash

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvarɛ]

Noun

vare

1. vocative singular of var

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈʋɑːɑ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara f, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), cognate with Swedish vara, English ware, German Ware. Derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var).

Noun

vare c (singular definite varen, plural indefinite varer)

1. article
2. commodity
3. item
4. (in the plural) goods, merchandise, wares

Declension

Declension of vare

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vare	varen	varer	varerne
genitive	vares	varens	varers	varernes

References

• “vare,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Vare,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari m, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), originally the same word as the previous one. The phrase tage vare is influenced by Middle Low German warnemen, compare German wahrnehmen (“to perceive”), Dutch waarnemen.

Noun

vare c

1. protection

   only in the expression tage vare (på/om) (“take care of, look after”)

References

• “vare,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Vare,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle Low German wāren, from Proto-West Germanic *waʀōn, *weʀēn (“to stay, remain”), cognate with German währen. Derived from the verb *wesaną (“to be”) (Danish være).

Verb

vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)

1. to last, take (to have a certain duration)

Conjugation

Inflection of vare

	present	past
simple	varer	varede
perfect	har varet	havde varet
passive	—	—
participle	varende	varet
imperative	var	—
infinitive	vare	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	varen	—

Derived terms

• vare ved
• varig

References

• “vare,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vare,5” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 4

From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to watch, protext”), derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var) Cognate with English ware (“to guard”) and German wahren (“to protect”).

Verb

vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)

1. (transitive, archaic) to warn
   • 1857, Hans Christian Andersen, At være eller ikke være, p. 160 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=kjKgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT185

     Bodil vilde have sagt, at det var Guds Stemme, der varede ham og kaldte.

     Bodil would have said that it was God's voice that was warning and calling him.

2. (transitive, archaic) to guard

   in the modern language only in the expression vare sin mund "be careful about what to say"

3. (reflexive) to be careful, beware
   • 1970, Willy-August Linnemann, Det andet Europa‎^[1]:

     I hvert andet sving har man den herligste udsigt over Nauplionbugten, og i hvert tredje må man vare sig mod de skønne grækerinders opkastninger.

     In every other curve, one has the most wonderful view over the Nafplio Bay, and in every third curve, one must beware of the vomits of the beautiful Greek ladies.

Conjugation

Inflection of vare

	present	past
simple	varer	varede
perfect	har varet	havde varet
passive	—	—
participle	varende	varet
imperative	var	—
infinitive	vare	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	varen	—

Derived terms

• advare
• forvare
• varsel

References

• “vare,4” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vare,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

vare

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of varen

Anagrams

• rave

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waruz.

Noun

vare (genitive vareme, partitive varet)

1. ruin (construction withered by time)

Declension

Declension of vare (ÕS type 4/ase, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vare	varemed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vareme
genitive			varemete
partitive		varet	varemeid
illative		varemesse	varemetesse varemeisse
inessive		varemes	varemetes varemeis
elative		varemest	varemetest varemeist
allative		varemele	varemetele varemeile
adessive		varemel	varemetel varemeil
ablative		varemelt	varemetelt varemeilt
translative		varemeks	varemeteks varemeiks
terminative		varemeni	varemeteni
essive		varemena	varemetena
abessive		varemeta	varemeteta
comitative		varemega	varemetega

Galician

Verb

vare

1. inflection of varar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.re/, [ˈu̯äːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.re/, [ˈväːre]

Adjective

vāre

1. vocative masculine singular of vārus

Middle English

Noun

vare

1. Alternative form of fare

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara.

Noun

vare f or m (definite singular vara or varen, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)

1. an article or item (of goods)

   varer og tjenester ― goods and services

2. a commodity
3. (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares

Derived terms

• eksportvare
• feilvare
• ferskvare
• gisselvare
• jernvare
• luksusvare
• maskinvare
• matvare
• merkevare
• programvare
• skadevare
• sukkervare
• utpressingsvare
• varebil
• varehus
• varelager
• varemerke

 

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari.

Noun

vare (indeclinable)

1. caution, protection

Derived terms

• ta vare på
• ivareta
• ta seg i vare

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German waren; also related to være.

Verb

vare (imperative var, present tense varer, simple past varte, past participle vart, present participle varende)

1. to last, take (a duration of time)

Derived terms

• advare
• varig
• vedvare

 

References

• “vare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara.

Noun

vare f (definite singular vara, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)

1. an article or item (of goods)
2. a commodity
3. (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares

Derived terms

• eksportvare
• feilvare
• ferskvare
• jarnvare, jernvare
• luksusvare
• maskinvare
• matvare
• merkevare
• programvare
• sukkervare
• varebil
• varehus
• varelager
• varemerke

 

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vara.

Alternative forms

• vara (a- and split infinitives)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑ(ː).rɑ/

Verb

vare (present tense varar, past tense vara, past participle vara, passive infinitive varast, present participle varande, imperative vare/var)

1. to watch, keep
   • 1968, O.Havdal, Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700:

     Det var fleire som gjerne ville vere godvener med tussom for det lønt seg. Gamla i Groeggen sa alltid: "Var dokk", når ho slo ut varmt vatn.

     There were many who gladly wished to be good friends with the Subterraneans, because it paid off itself. The Old Lady in Groeggen was always saying "Watch you (out)!" when she threw away hot water.

2. to warn

Derived terms

• varsel
• varskrik
• varsku
• åtvaring

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vari.

Noun

vare m

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• ta vare på

Etymology 4

Adjective

vare

1. definite singular of var
2. plural of var

References

• “vare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• arve, Arve, erva, evar, rave, reva, vear, vera, vêra, Vera

Old Swedish

Verb

vare

1. first/second/third-person singular subjunctive past of vara
2. first/second/third-person plural subjunctive past of vara

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• वरे (Devanagari script)
• ৰরে (Bengali script)
• වරෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ဝရေ (Burmese script)
• วเร or วะเร (Thai script)
• ᩅᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ວເຣ or ວະເຣ (Lao script)
• វរេ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

Adjective

vare

1. inflection of vara (“excellent”):
   1. masculine/neuter locative singular
   2. masculine accusative plural
   3. feminine vocative singular

Noun

vare

1. locative singular of vara (“wish”)

Verb

vare

1. first/second/third-person singular optative active of varati (“to wish”)

Portuguese

Verb

vare

1. inflection of varar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

vare (Cyrillic spelling варе)

1. third-person plural present of variti

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾe/ [ˈba.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: va‧re

Verb

vare

1. inflection of varar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vɑːrɛ/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːrɛ

Verb

vare

1. (archaic) present subjunctive of vara; be

   Gud vare med er. ― God be with you.

Usage notes

Although labelled as archaic here, this form remains in common use in fixed phrases and (more or less sincere) prayers like the usage example above. Compare hjälpe, the present subjunctive of hjälpa.

Derived terms

• tack vare
• vare sig

 

See also

• vore

Phrase

vare

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "var det" (was it, it was).

   Vem vare som kasta[de]?

   Who threw it? ("Who was it that threw?")

Anagrams

• Vera, evar