svare

See also: svåre

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)

1. 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)
2. to retort (give a sharp respond to a remark)
3. to respond, counter (act in return)
4. to correspond (be similar, with the preposition til)
5. to pay

Conjugation

Inflection of svare

	present	past
simple	svarer	svarede
perfect	har svaret	havde svaret
passive	svares	svaredes
participle	svarende	svaret
imperative	svar	—
infinitive	svare	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	svaren	—

Antonyms

• spørge

Derived terms

• besvare
• modsvare
• svar
• svarer
• tilsvarende

 

References

• “svare” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

svare

1. definite singular of svar
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. Alternative form of svara

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

svare (Cyrillic spelling сваре)

1. third-person plural present of svariti