bær

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ber.

Pronunciation

Noun

bær n (singular definite bærret, plural indefinite bær)

  1. berry
Inflection
Declension of bær
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bær bærret bær bærrene
genitive bærs bærrets bærs bærrenes
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

bær

  1. imperative of bære

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bǿr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paiːr/ (
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    Rhymes: -aiːr

Noun

bær m (genitive singular bæjar, nominative plural bæir)

  1. farm
  2. town

Declension

declension of bær
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bær bærinn bæir bæirnir
accusative bæ bæinn bæi bæina
dative bæ bænum bæjum bæjunum
genitive bæjar bæjarins bæja bæjanna

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse ber.

Noun

bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra or bærene)

  1. a berry
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

bær

  1. imperative of bære

References

“bær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Akin to English berry.

Noun

bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra)

  1. a berry
Inflection
Historical inflection of bær
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1, 2 Bær n3 Bæret Bær Bæri
1917 bæra, bæri
1938 bæra
2012 (current) bær n bæret bær bæra

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in 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. 3He also notes that this word is considered feminine in some locations.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bærr, from Proto-Germanic *bēriz. Doublet of -bar.

Adjective

bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)

  1. (chiefly of cattle) about to calve, or which recently has calved
    Synonyms: drektig (gestating), tidd (gestating)
  2. (more generally, or in compounds) carrying
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bær

  1. present tense of bæra (non-standard since 1938)
  2. imperative of bæra (non-standard since 1938)

Etymology 4

Adjective

bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)

  1. (obsolete, dialectal or eye dialect) alternative spelling of berr (“bare”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “bær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ivar Aasen (1850) “Bær”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

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

Adjective

bær

  1. bare, naked, unconcealed
    • Wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo. ― We stand here naked, unprotected by garments. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)

Declension

Declension of bær — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative bær baru, baro bær
Accusative bærne bare bær
Genitive bares bærre bares
Dative barum bærre barum
Instrumental bare bærre bare
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative bare bara, bare baru, baro
Accusative bare bara, bare baru, baro
Genitive bærra bærra bærra
Dative barum barum barum
Instrumental barum barum barum
Declension of bær — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative bara bare bare
Accusative baran baran bare
Genitive baran baran baran
Dative baran baran baran
Instrumental baran baran baran
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative baran baran baran
Accusative baran baran baran
Genitive bærra, barena bærra, barena bærra, barena
Dative barum barum barum
Instrumental barum barum barum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Norse

Adjective

bær

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of bærr
  2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of bærr

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

Noun

bær n

  1. berry

Declension

  Declension of bær (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bær bærit bær bærin
accusative bær bærit bær bærin
dative bæri bærinu, bæreno bæriom bæriomin, bæriomen
genitive bærs bærsins bæria bærianna

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