nære

See also: næ-ɾɛ and näre

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-West Germanic *naʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (to rescue, heal), causative of *nesaną (to survive, recover).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛːrə/, [ˈnɛːɐ]

Verb

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

  1. to feed, nourish
Conjugation
Conjugation of nære
active passive
present nærer næres
past nærede næredes
infinitive nære næres
imperative nær
participle
present nærende
past næret
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund næren
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nære

  1. definite singular of nær
  2. plural of nær

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (to rescue, heal), causative of *nesaną (to survive, recover).

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nære

  1. definite singular of nær
  2. plural of nær

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (to rescue, heal), causative of *nesaną (to survive, recover).

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
  • jordnære
  • solnære

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæː.re/

Verb

nǣre

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