nære

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See also: næ-ɾɛ and näre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish næræ, from Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-West Germanic *naʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (“to save; rescue; heal”), from *nesaną (“to survive, recover, heal”) + *-janą (causative).

Pronunciation

Verb

nære (imperative nær, infinitive at nære, present tense nærer, past tense nærede, perfect tense næret)

  1. to feed

Conjugation

Conjugation of nære
Active Passive
Infinitive nære næres
Present tense nærer næres
Past tense nærede næredes
Imperative nær -
Participle
Present nærende
Past næret
Gerund næren

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

nære

  1. definite singular of nær
  2. plural of nær

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (“to save; rescue; heal”), from *nesaną (“to survive, recover, heal”) + *-janą (causative).

Verb

nære (imperative nær, present tense nærer, passive næres, simple past næret or nærte, past participle næret or nært, present participle nærende)

  1. to feed, nourish, sustain
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (“to save; rescue; heal”), from *nesaną (“to survive, recover, heal”) + *-janą (causative).

Alternative forms

Verb

nære (present tense nærer, past tense nærte, past participle nært, passive infinitive nærast, present participle nærande, imperative nær)

  1. to feed, nourish, sustain
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From nær.

Adverb

nære

  1. (in expressions) near
    det var nære på
    that was a close call

Noun

nære m or n (definite singular næren or næret, indefinite plural nærar or nære, definite plural nærane or næra)

  1. (in compounds) nearness
    Synonym: nærleik
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nære

  1. inflection of nær:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

nǣre

  1. inflection of nesan:
    1. second-person singular past indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular past subjunctive
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