vaara.
danger, risk, peril, hazard, jeopardy
Meaning & usage
danger, risk, peril, hazard, jeopardy
asettaa vaaraan
olla vaaraksi yhteiskunnalle
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Old Swedish fahra, fara (compare Swedish fara), itself from Middle Low German vāre, from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”) (compare Dutch gevaar, German Gefahr).
danger, warning (on signs)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Old Swedish fahra, fara (compare Swedish fara), itself from Middle Low German vāre, from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”) (compare Dutch gevaar, German Gefahr).
A large, forested hill (as opposed to fell), particularly in Eastern and Northern Finland as well as Karelia, and more widely in Fennoscandia.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Sami (compare Northern Sami várri (“mountain”)), itself probably a cognate of Finnish vuori (“mountain”).
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