Noun: vare
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | vare |
| Sg. definite | varen |
| Pl. indefinite | varer |
| Pl. definite | varerne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | vares |
| Sg. definite | varens |
| Pl. indefinite | varers |
| Pl. definite | varernes |
Sample Sentences
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only in the expression tage vare (på/om) (“take care of, look after”)
Nouns inflected like vare
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse vara f, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), cognate with Swedish vara, English ware, German Ware. Derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var). See: Old Norse Nouns '
vara', Swedish Nouns '
vara', English Nouns '
ware', German Nouns '
Ware'.
Translations
endure, to continue despite obstacles
endure, to last