nære
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish næræ, from Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-West Germanic *naʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (“to save; rescue; heal”), from *nesaną (“to survive, recover, heal”) + *-janą (causative).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛːrə/, [ˈnɛːɐ]
Verb
nære (imperative nær, infinitive at nære, present tense nærer, past tense nærede, perfect tense næret)
- to feed
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “nære” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (“to save; rescue; heal”), from *nesaną (“to survive, recover, heal”) + *-janą (causative).
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
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną (“to save; rescue; heal”), from *nesaną (“to survive, recover, heal”) + *-janą (causative).
Alternative forms
Verb
nære (present tense nærer, past tense nærte, past participle nært, passive infinitive nærast, present participle nærande, imperative nær)
Etymology 2
From nær.
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.
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