svare

== Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /svaːrə/, [ˈsʋ̥ɑːɑ] === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse svara (“to answer”), from Proto-Germanic *swarōną, cognate with Norwegian svare, Swedish svara, Middle English swaren. Derived form the noun *swarō (“solemn statement”). ==== Verb ==== svare (past tense svarede, past participle svaret) to answer, reply, respond (give a reply to a question; with a noun phrase or a noun clause as its object, with or without an indirect object) to retort (give a sharp respond to a remark) to respond, counter (act in return) to correspond (be similar, with the preposition til) to pay ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Antonyms ===== spørge ===== Derived terms ===== ===== References ===== “svare” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== svare definite singular of svar plural of svar == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse svara. === Verb === svare (imperative svar, present tense svarer, passive svares, simple past svarte, past participle svart, present participle svarende) to reply, answer ==== Derived terms ==== besvare tilsvare ==== Related terms ==== svar (noun) === References === “svare” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === svare (present tense svarar or svarer, past tense svara or svarte, past participle svara or svart, present participle svarande, imperative svar) alternative form of svara == Serbo-Croatian == === Verb === svare (Cyrillic spelling сваре) third-person plural present of svariti