nære
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)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
nære
References
- “nære” in Den Danske Ordbog
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)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
nære
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)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From nær.
Adverb
nære
- (in expressions) near
- det var nære på
- that was a close call
- det var nære på
Noun
nære m or n (definite singular næren or næret, indefinite plural nærar or nære, definite plural nærane or næra)
Derived terms
- jordnære
- solnære
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
nære
- inflection of nær:
- definite singular
- plural
References
- “nære” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnæː.re/
Verb
nǣre
- inflection of nesan:
- second-person singular past indicative
- first/second/third-person singular past subjunctive