mår

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See also: maar and Appendix:Variations of "mar"

Danish

Alternative forms

  • Maar (pre-1948 spelling)

Etymology

From Old Danish mord, marth, from Old Norse mǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.

Noun

mår c (singular definite måren, plural indefinite mårer)

  1. marten

Declension

Declension of mår
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mår måren mårer mårerne
genitive mårs mårens mårers mårernes

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

  • mord (see that for dialectal pronunciations)

Etymology

From Old Norse mǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.

Pronunciation

Noun

mår m (definite singular måren, indefinite plural mårar, definite plural mårane)

  1. a pine marten, Martes martes
  2. a marten, a shortlegged omnivorous animal of the genus, Martes
    • 1895, Olav Ejkland, Vetteren:
      […] so lejtar me rundt i skogar og hejdar etter skrubb og gaupe og reve og mår.
      then we search forests and moors for wolf and lynx and fox and marten.

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Verb

mår

  1. present indicative of må
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