pære

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See also: päre

Danish

Noun

pære c (singular definite pæren, plural indefinite pærer)

  1. pear
  2. light bulb
    Synonyms: lyspære, elektrisk pære
  3. (colloquial) intellect
    Prøv at bruge pæren en gang imellem!
    Try to use your head once in a while!

Inflection

Declension of pære
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pære pæren pærer pærerne
genitive pæres pærens pærers pærernes

Descendants

  • → Greenlandic: pære

References

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish pære.

Noun

pære (plural pærit)

  1. pear

Norwegian Bokmål

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Wikipedia no

Etymology 1

From Old Norse pera (“pear tree”), from Latin pirum.

Noun

pære f or m (definite singular pæra or pæren, indefinite plural pærer, definite plural pærene)

  1. a pear
  2. any pear-shaped object, such as a bulb (light bulb)
  3. (colloquial) (human) head
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly humorous remolding of pur (“pure”)

Adjective

pære (indeclinable)

  1. utter, complete
Derived terms

Adverb

pære

  1. utterly, completely
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Old Norse pera, from Latin pirum.

Noun

pære f (definite singular pæra, indefinite plural pærer, definite plural pærene)

  1. a pear
  2. any pear-shaped object, such as a light bulb

Derived terms

References

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