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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish aar, from Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-. Compare Norwegian and Swedish år, English year.

Noun

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år n (singular definite året, plural indefinite år)

  1. year

Inflection

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Declension of år
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative år året år årene
genitive års årets års årenes

Derived terms

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References

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German Low German

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Conjunction

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år

  1. (Westphalian) Alternative form of àder

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse ár (year; plenty, abundance), from Proto-Germanic *jērą (year), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (year).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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år n (definite singular året, indefinite plural år, definite plural åra or årene)

  1. a year
    I hvilket år skjedde det?
    In what year did that happen?
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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år f or m (definite singular åra or åren, indefinite plural årer, definite plural årene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by åre

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-. Akin to English year.

Alternative forms

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  • aar (obsolete typography)

Noun

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år n (definite singular året, indefinite plural år, definite plural åra)

  1. a year
Inflection
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Historical inflection of år
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
Aasen1 Aar Aaret Aar Aari
1901 aaret (aare)
1917 år året år åra, åri
1938 åra [åri]
2012 (current) år året år år
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
  • Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
  • 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse ár.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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år f (definite singular åra, indefinite plural årar or årer, definite plural årane or årene)

  1. an oar
Inflection
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Historical inflection of år
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
Aasen1 Aar Aari Aarar Aararne
1901 aararne (aarane)
1917 år åra, åri årar, årer årane, årene
19382 åra [åri]
2012 (current) år åra årar, årer årane, årene
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
  • Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
  • 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2åre was taken in as an alternative form.

Etymology 3

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From Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic *ēþrǭ.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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år f (definite singular åra, indefinite plural årar or årer, definite plural årane or årene)

  1. (anatomy, botany or geology) a vein
    • 1915, Kristofer Janson, Norske eventyr som taletekster, page 75:
      han ransakar aadrarna i bladet
      he examines the veins of the leaf
Inflection
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Historical inflection of år
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
Aasen1 Aadr Aadri Aadrar Aadrarna
1901 aadrarne (aadrane)
1917 år åra, åri årar, årer årane, årene
19382 åra [åri]
2012 (current) år åra årar, årer årane, årene
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
  • Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
  • 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2åre was taken in as an alternative form.

References

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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From Old Swedish ār, from Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈoːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ]år

Noun

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år n

  1. a year (time period)
  2. a year (length of time)
    Synonym: jordsnurr (literally earth-spin)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Anagrams

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