svar

See also: svař, svár, svär, svår, svær, and svär-

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svɑːˀ/, [ˈs̺ʋɑ̈ˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svar (answer, reply), either derived from the verb svara or inherited from Proto-Germanic *swarō (solemn statement), cognate with English swear. Compare also the compound *andaswarō (reply) in English answer and Danish ansvar (responsibility).

Noun

svar n (singular definite svaret, plural indefinite svar)

  1. answer (response)
  2. reply
  3. response
  4. retort, repartee
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse svárr, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, cognate with Swedish svår, German schwer, Dutch zwaar. Doublet of svær. The Danish form with a is influenced by Middle Low German swār.

Adjective

svar (neuter svart, plural and definite singular attributive svare)

  1. (dated) sore, dire
Inflection
Inflection of svar
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular svar svarere svarest2
Indefinite neuter singular svart svarere svarest2
Plural svare svarere svarest2
Definite attributive1 svare svarere svareste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

svar

  1. imperative of svare

References

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse svar (answer, reply).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svɛaːɹ/
    Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ

Noun

svar n (genitive singular svars, plural svør or svar)

  1. reply, answer

Declension

Declension of svar
n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svar svarið svør svørini
accusative svar svarið svør svørini
dative svari svarinum svørum svørunum
genitive svars svarsins svara svaranna
Declension of svar
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svar svarið svar svarini
accusative svar svarið svar svarini
dative svari svarinum svarum svarunum
genitive svars svarsins svara svaranna

See also

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svar (answer, reply).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svaːr/
    Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

svar n (genitive singular svars, nominative plural svör)

  1. answer, reply

Declension

Synonyms

  • (answer): ans n

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svar (answer, reply).

Noun

svar n (definite singular svaret, indefinite plural svar, definite plural svara or svarene)

  1. an answer, a reply

Verb

svar

  1. imperative of svare

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse svar.

Noun

svar n (definite singular svaret, indefinite plural svar, definite plural svara)

  1. an answer, a reply

Verb

svar

  1. imperative of svara

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swarjaną. Related to sverja (to swear).[1]

Noun

svar n (genitive svars, plural svǫr)

  1. answer, reply

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: svar
  • Faroese: svar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svar
  • Swedish: svar
  • Danish: svar

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 3022, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3022

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse svar (answer, reply).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svɑːr/
  • (file)

Noun

svar n

  1. answer, response, reply

Declension

Declension of svar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative svar svaret svar svaren
Genitive svars svarets svars svarens
  • ansvar
  • brevsvar
  • försvar
  • provsvar
  • svara
  • svarande
  • svarare
  • svaromål
  • svarsalternativ
  • svarsbrev
  • svarsfrekvens
  • svarsinlaga
  • svarskort
  • svarskupong
  • svarskuvert
  • svarslös
  • svarslöshet
  • svarsnot
  • svarsporto
  • svarsprocent
  • svarssignal
  • svarsskrivelse
  • svarstal
  • svarstalong
  • svarstelegram
  • svarston
  • svarsvisit

References

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