våre

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vare"

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋoːrə/, [ˈʋôːɾə̌]
• Rhymes: -oːrə
• Hyphenation: vå‧re

Etymology 1

PIE word
*wósr̥

Inherited from Old Norse vára (“to become spring”). The Old Norse verb is derived from vár (“spring”), from Proto-Germanic *wazrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). By surface analysis, vår (“spring”) +‎ -e (“infinitive suffix”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk våre (also våra), Danish våre, Swedish våra, Icelandic vora and Faroese vára (“to become spring”).

Verb

våre (imperative vår, present tense vårer, simple past våra or våret, supine våra or våret, past participle våra or våret, present participle vårende, verbal noun våring)

1. (impersonal) To become spring; to begin showing signs of spring.

   Synonym: våres

   Det vårer tidlig ved kysten. ― Spring arrives early on the coast.

   • 1835, Henrik Wergeland, “Til Sylvan (En Botaniker)”, in Samlede Skrifter: trykt og utrykt‎^[1], volume I:2, published 1919, page 32:

     — Det vaarer paa. Det somrer til.

     Spring is coming on. Summer is approaching.

   • 1892, Arne Garborg, edited by Johs. A. Dale and Rolv Thesen, Mogning og manndom: brev‎^[2], volume II, published 1954, page 291:

     det begynner vel at vaare i Xia ogsaa nu?

     I suppose spring is beginning to arrive in Christiania too by now?

2. (intransitive, figuratively) To come to life; to blossom; to flourish.

   Etter de tunge årene begynte det å våre i livet hennes. ― After the difficult years, her life began to blossom.

   • 1836, Henrik Wergeland, “Barnets Aasyn (Med en Maanedsrose til en Moder)”, in Samlede Skrifter: trykt og utrykt‎^[3], volume I:2, published 1919, page 66:

     Saa fiint et Rødt paa Alles Kind har vaaret,

     Such a delicate blush has blossomed on everyone's cheek,

   • 1840 November 7, “Vaskerkonen”, in Henrik Wergeland, transl., Samlede Skrifter: trykt og utrykt‎^[4], volume I:2, published 1919, page 315:

     For hende har det ogsaa vaaret:
     hun elsket har og været gift.

     She too has had her springtime:
     she has loved and been married.

   • 1910, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “Bryllupsvise nr. II”, in Samlede værker‎^[5], Mindeutgave edition, volume I, page 64:

     I de milde kjærlighedens tårer
     frygten smælter, hele livet vårer,
     og får mot.

     In love's gentle tears
     fear melts away, all of life blossoms,
     and takes courage.

Related terms

• vår (“spring”)
• våres (“to become spring”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

våre pl

1. plural of vår (“our”)

Pronoun

våre pl

1. plural of vår (“ours”)

See also

Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns

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

Anagrams

• våer

Norwegian Nynorsk

Determiner

våre

1. plural of vår