FromOld Norsevár n, fromProto-Germanic*wazrą, cognate withNorwegian,Swedishvår. The word goes back toProto-Indo-European*wósr̥, which is also the source ofLatinvēr,Ancient Greekἔαρ(éar).
vår c (singular definitevåren,not used in plural form)
| common gender | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vår | våren |
| genitive | vårs | vårens |
| Seasons in Danish ·årstider(layout ·text) ·category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| forår(“spring”) | sommer(“summer”) | efterår(“autumn”) | vinter(“winter”) |
FromOld East Norse*waʀ, (Old West Norsever), fromProto-Germanic*wazą, cognate toSwedishvar,Norwegianver,vær. The noun is related to the verbProto-Germanic*wazjaną(“to clothe”) (cf.Englishwear).
vår n (singular definitevåret,plural indefinitevår)
| neuter gender | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vår | våret | vår | vårene |
| genitive | vårs | vårets | vårs | vårenes |
FromOld Norsevár, fromProto-Germanic*wazrą.
vår n
vår m (definite singularvåren,uncountable)
| Seasons in Norwegian Bokmål ·årstider(layout ·text) ·category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| vår(“spring”) | sommer(“summer”) | høst(“autumn”) | vinter(“winter”) |
vår (neuter singularvårt,pluralvåre)
| 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 | ||
FromOld Norsevárr, fromProto-Germanic*unseraz.
vår (masculine and feminine singularvår,neuter singularvårt,pluralvåre)
| 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.
FromOld Norsevár n, fromProto-Germanic*wazrą, fromProto-Indo-European*wósr̥(“spring”).
vår m (definite singularvåren,indefinite pluralvårar,definite pluralvårane)
| Seasons in Norwegian Nynorsk ·årstider(layout ·text) ·category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| vår(“spring”) | sumar(“summer”) | haust(“autumn”) | vetter(“winter”) |
FromOld Swedishvār,Old Norsevárr, fromProto-Germanic*unseraz.
vår (possessive)
| 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 | manoren4 | 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 | ||
FromOld Norsevár, fromProto-Germanic*wazrą, fromProto-Indo-European*wósr̥.
vår c
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | vår | vårs |
| definite | våren | vårens | |
| plural | indefinite | vårar | vårars |
| definite | vårarna | vårarnas |
