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) to feed, nourish ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== næring === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== nære definite singular of nær plural of nær === 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) to feed, nourish, sustain ===== Derived terms ===== næring ===== Related terms ===== livnære === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== nære definite singular of nær plural of nær === References === “nære” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “nære_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == 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 ==== næra ==== Verb ==== nære (present tense nærer, past tense nærte, past participle nært, passive infinitive nærast, present participle nærande, imperative nær) to feed, nourish, sustain ===== Derived terms ===== næring livnære === Etymology 2 === From nær. ==== Adverb ==== nære (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) (in compounds) nearness Synonym: nærleik ===== 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