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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

vare.

article

4 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/vaːrə/[ˈʋɑːɑ]
  1. article

    common-gender
  2. commodity

    common-gender
  3. item

    common-gender
  4. goods, merchandise, wares

    common-gender · in-plural
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse vara f, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), cognate with Swedish vara, English ware, German Ware. Derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var).

verb/vaːrə/[ˈʋɑːɑ]
  1. to last, take (to have a certain duration)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German wāren, from Proto-West Germanic *waʀōn, *weʀēn (“to stay, remain”), cognate with German währen. Derived from the verb *wesaną (“to be”) (Danish være).

noun/vaːrə/[ˈʋɑːɑ]
  1. protection

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse vari m, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), originally the same word as the previous one. The phrase tage vare is influenced by Middle Low German warnemen, compare German wahrnehmen (“to perceive”), Dutch waarnemen.

verb/vaːrə/[ˈʋɑːɑ]
  1. to warn

    archaic · transitive
  2. to guard

    archaic · transitive
  3. to be careful, beware

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to watch, protext”), derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var) Cognate with English ware (“to guard”) and German wahren (“to protect”).

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