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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse svara (“to answer”), from Proto-Germanic *swarōną, cognate with Norwegian svare, Swedish svara, Middle English swaren. Derived form the noun *swarō (“solemn statement”).
Verb
svare (past tense svarede, past participle svaret)
- to answer, reply, respond (give a reply to a question; with a noun phrase or a noun clause as its object, with or without an indirect object)
- to retort (give a sharp respond to a remark)
- to respond, counter (act in return)
- to correspond (be similar, with the preposition til)
- to pay
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
svare
- definite singular of svar
- plural of svar
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse svara.
Verb
svare (imperative svar, present tense svarer, passive svares, simple past svarte, past participle svart, present participle svarende)
- to reply, answer
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
svare (present tense svarar or svarer, past tense svara or svarte, past participle svara or svart, present participle svarande, imperative svar)
- Alternative form of svara
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
svare (Cyrillic spelling сваре)
- third-person plural present of svariti