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nära

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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Derived from Old Swedish när (near, adverb), from Old Norse nær (nearer, comparative adverb), from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz, comparative of *nēhw. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (to reach).

The comparative närmare and superlative närmast are from närmare and närmaster repectively, derived from när +‎ mer (more) and när +‎ mest (most) respectively.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nära (comparative närmare or närmre, superlative närmast or närmst)

  1. near, close
Declension
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Inflection of nära
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular nära närmare närmast
neuter singular nära närmare närmast
plural nära närmare närmast
masculine plural2 nära närmare närmast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 näre närmare närmaste
all nära närmare närmaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Inflection of nära
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular nära närmre närmst
neuter singular nära närmre närmst
plural nära närmre närmst
masculine plural2 nära närmre närmst
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 näre närmre närmste
all nära närmre närmsta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Swedish næra, from Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian.

Verb

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nära (present när, preterite närde, supine närt, imperative när)

  1. to nourish, nurture (give nourishment to)
    nära en stor familj
    feed a large family
  2. (figuratively) to cherish, to nurture (keep alive (such as a dream))
    hoppet de närt
    the hope they had cherished
Conjugation
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