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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

fare.

danger, hazard

4 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfaːrə/[ˈfɑːɑ]
  1. danger, hazard

    common-gender
  2. risk

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German vāre (“danger, persecution, fear”), from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”), cognate with English fear, German Gefahr.

verb/ˈfaːrə/[ˈfɑːɑ]
  1. to rush, run

  2. to fare, travel

    dated
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish fara, faræ, from Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, English fare, German fahren.

verb/ˈfaːrə/[ˈfɑːɑ]
  1. to farrow

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish *far (“pig”), from Old Norse *farr, from Proto-Germanic *farhaz, cognate with Swedish fargalt, English farrow, German Ferkel, Dutch varken. The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, hence also Latin porcus, Polish prosię (“piglet”).

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