bør

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bor"

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bore. It is derived from the verb German Low German bören (to lift), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bøːˀr/, [ˈb̥øˀɐ̯], [ˈb̥øɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

bør c (singular definite børen, plural indefinite børe)

  1. wheelbarrow
  2. battered old hat
Declension
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse byrr, Proto-Germanic *buriz (favorable wind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bøːˀr/, [ˈb̥øˀɐ̯], [ˈb̥øɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

bør c (singular definite børen, not used in plural form)

  1. wind, fair wind
Declension
Derived terms
  • medbør

References

Etymology 3

From Old Norse burðr m (bearing, birth), byrð f (ancestry), from Proto-Germanic *burdiz ~ *burþiz, cognate with Norwegian foster m, burar (uterus), Swedish börd, English birth, German Geburt. Doublet of byrd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bøːˀr/, [ˈb̥øˀɐ̯], [ˈb̥øɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

bør c (singular definite børen, plural indefinite børe)

  1. (dated) womb, uterus (of animals)
Declension

References

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bør/, [ˈb̥ɶɐ̯]

Verb

bør

  1. present tense of burde

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bør

  1. present of burde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse byrðr, from Proto-Germanic *burþiz. Akin to English burden. Doublet of byrd and byrde, with which it was considered an alternative form until 2012.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bøːr/, /bøːɽ/

Noun

bør f (definite singular børa, indefinite plural bører, definite plural børene)

  1. burden (that which is carried, also figuratively)
Derived terms
  • arbeidsbør
  • børefull
  • forsyrgingsbør
  • forsytingsbør
  • gjeldsbør
  • hjulbør
  • høybør
  • kløvbør
  • kvernbør
  • latmannsbør
  • leggje bører på
  • leggje stein til børa
  • lette børa for
  • skattebør

Etymology 2

From Old Norse byrr, from Proto-Germanic *buriz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bøːr/

Noun

bør m (definite singular børen, indefinite plural børar, definite plural børane)

  1. sailing wind
    Me hadde god bør ut av hamna.
    We had good sailing wind out of the harbour.
Derived terms

Noun

bør n (definite singular børet, uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) hail
    Synonym: hagl

Verb

bør

  1. present of burda
  2. present of byrja (non-standard since 2012)

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