vår

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See also: vaar and Appendix:Variations of "var"

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vár n, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish vår. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥, which is also the source of Latin vēr, Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar).

Noun

vår c (singular definite våren, not used in plural form)

  1. (season, poetic) spring
    Synonym: forår
Declension
Declension of vår
common
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative vår våren
genitive vårs vårens

References

Seasons in Danish · årstider (layout · text) · category
forår (“spring”) sommer (“summer”) efterår (“autumn”) vinter (“winter”)

Etymology 2

From Old East Norse *waʀ, (Old West Norse ver), from Proto-Germanic *wazą, cognate to Swedish var, Norwegian ver, vær. The noun is related to the verb Proto-Germanic *wazjaną (“to clothe”) (cf. English wear).

Noun

vår n (singular definite våret, plural indefinite vår)

  1. case (a cover made of cloth, especially as part of bedclothes)
Declension
Declension of vår
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vår våret vår vårene
genitive vårs vårets vårs vårenes

References

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse vár, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą.

Pronunciation

Noun

vår n

  1. spring
  2. digging of the soil in spring

Alternative forms

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vár n.

Noun

vår m (definite singular våren, uncountable)

  1. spring (season)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse várr.

Determiner

vår (neuter singular vårt, plural våre)

  1. our (belonging to us)
  2. ours (pronoun in English)

References

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First – jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second general du deg di din ditt dine
formal (rare) De Dem Deres
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han ham / han hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun) det dets
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First – vi oss vår vårt våre
Second general dere deres
formal (very rare) De Dem Deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Seasons in Norwegian Bokmål · årstider (layout · text) · category
vår (“spring”) sommer (“summer”) høst (“autumn”) vinter (“winter”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse várr, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Determiner

vår (masculine and feminine singular vår, neuter singular vårt, plural våre)

  1. our (belonging to us)
  2. ours (pronoun in English)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative eg, je1 du han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom2 ho, henne2 det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
case plural
nominative me, vi de, dokker dei
accusative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg dei, deim2
dative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg deim2
genitive vår, okkar dykkar, dokkar sin deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.


Etymology 2

From Old Norse vár n, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).

Noun

vår m (definite singular våren, indefinite plural vårar, definite plural vårane)

  1. spring (season)
Derived terms

See also

Seasons in Norwegian Nynorsk · årstider (layout · text) · category
vår (“spring”) sumar (“summer”) haust (“autumn”) vetter (“winter”)

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /voːr/,
  • audio(file)

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vār, Old Norse várr, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Pronoun

vår (possessive)

  1. our; belonging to us
    Synonym: (informal) våran
Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vár, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥.

Noun

vår c

  1. spring; the season between winter and summer
    Synonym: (dialectal) låding
Declension
Declension of vår 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vår våren vårar vårarna
Genitive vårs vårens vårars vårarnas
Hypernyms
Derived terms

See also

References

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