vår

See also: vaar and Appendix:Variations of "var"

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːˀr/, [ˈʋɒˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vár n, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish vår. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥, which is also the source of Latin vēr, Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar).

Noun

vår c (singular definite våren, not used in plural form)

1. (season, poetic) spring

   Synonym: forår

Declension

Declension of vår

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vår	våren
genitive	vårs	vårens

References

• “vår,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

• seasons: årstider: forår · sommer · efterår · vinter ^[edit]

Seasons in Danish · årstider (layout · text) · category
forår (“spring”)	sommer (“summer”)	efterår (“autumn”)	vinter (“winter”)

Etymology 2

From Old East Norse *waʀ, (Old West Norse ver), from Proto-Germanic *wazą, cognate to Swedish var, Norwegian ver, vær. The noun is related to the verb Proto-Germanic *wazjaną (“to clothe”) (cf. English wear).

Noun

vår n (singular definite våret, plural indefinite vår)

1. case (a cover made of cloth, especially as part of bedclothes)

Declension

Declension of vår

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vår	våret	vår	vårene
genitive	vårs	vårets	vårs	vårenes

References

• “vår,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse vár, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voːr/

Noun

vår n

1. spring
2. digging of the soil in spring

Alternative forms

• vor

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋoːɾ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vár n.

Noun

vår m (definite singular våren, uncountable)

1. spring (season)

Derived terms

• vårjevndøgn
• vårløk
• vårrengjøring
• vårtegn

See also

Seasons in Norwegian Bokmål · årstider (layout · text) · category
vår (“spring”)	sommer (“summer”)	høst (“autumn”)	vinter (“winter”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse várr.

Determiner

vår (neuter singular vårt, plural våre)

1. our (belonging to us)
2. ours (pronoun in English)

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

References

• “vår” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋoːr/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse várr, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Determiner

vår (masculine and feminine singular vår, neuter singular vårt, plural våre)

1. our (belonging to us)
2. ours (pronoun in English)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

		first person	second person	reflexive	third person
					masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	nominative	eg, je1	du	—	han	ho	det, dat2
	accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom2	ho, henne2	det, dat2
	dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di2
	genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
plural	nominative	me, vi	de, dokker	—	dei
	accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg	dei, deim2
	dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg	deim2
	genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin	deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vár n, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).

Noun

vår m (definite singular våren, indefinite plural vårar, definite plural vårane)

1. spring (season)

Derived terms

• vårdag
• vårlauk, vårløk
• vårleg
• vårreingjering
• vårsol

See also

Seasons in Norwegian Nynorsk · årstider (layout · text) · category
vår (“spring”)	sumar (“summer”)	haust (“autumn”)	vetter (“winter”)

References

• “vår” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voːr/, [voə̯ɾ̪]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vār, Old Norse várr, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Pronoun

vår (possessive)

1. our; belonging to us

   Synonym: (informal) våran

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vár, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.

Noun

vår c

1. spring; the season between winter and summer

   Synonym: (dialectal) låding

Declension

Declension of vår

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vår	vårs
	definite	våren	vårens
plural	indefinite	vårar	vårars
	definite	vårarna	vårarnas

Hypernyms

• årstid

Derived terms

• vårarbete
• våras
• vårbal
• vårblomma
• vårblommande
• vårbrodd
• vårbruk
• vårbrytning
• vårbudget
• vårbäck
• vårdag
• vårdagjämning
• våreld
• vårfest
• vårflod
• vårflora
• vårfrisk
• vårgarderob
• vårgrön
• vårgrönska
• vårhimmel
• våris
• vårkanten
• vårkappa
• vårklynne
• vårkollektion
• vårkonsert
• vårkrage
• vårkväll
• vårkänning
• vårkänsla
• vårlig
• vårlik
• vårljus
• vårluft
• vårlök
• vårmode
• vårmorgon
• vårmusseron
• vårmånad
• vårnatt
• vårning
• vårplöja
• vårplöjning
• vårprimör
• vårproposition
• vårregn
• vårrengöring
• vårriksdag
• vårrulle
• vårsalong
• vårsession
• vårsidan
• vårsol
• vårstädning
• vårså
• vårsådd
• vårsång
• vårsäd
• vårsäde
• vårsäsong
• vårtal
• vårtecken
• vårtermin
• vårtrött
• vårvecka
• vårvete
• vårvind
• vårvinter
• vårväder
• vårvärme
• våryra

See also

• seasons: årstider: vår · sommar · höst · vinter ^[edit]

References

• vår in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vår in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vår in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)