är
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin er. See äs for further details on the vowel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]är
- The name of the Latin script letter R/r.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of är (irregular)
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Anagrams
[edit]Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German iur, iuwer, from Old High German iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with German euer, English your, Icelandic yðar.
The expected form would be *eier [ɑɪ̯ɐ]. Contraction must have occurred when the diphthongization of Middle High German /yː/ was at the stage [œʏ̯ ~ ɛɪ̯]. Compare iech (“you”), which seems to have been contracted at a similar time.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]är (masculine ären, neuter äert)
- second-person plural possessive pronoun: your, all of your
Declension
[edit]| nominative / accusative | dative | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular possessum | plural possessum |
singular possessum | plural possessum | ||||||||
| m | f | n | m | f | n | ||||||
| singular possessor |
1st person | mäin | meng | mäin | meng | mengem | menger | mengem | mengen | ||
| 2nd person | informal | däin | deng | däin | deng | dengem | denger | dengem | dengen | ||
| formal | Ären | Är | Äert | Är | Ärem | Ärer | Ärem | Ären | |||
| 3rd person | m or n | säin | seng | säin | seng | sengem | senger | sengem | sengen | ||
| f | hiren | hir | hiert | hir | hirem | hirer | hirem | hiren | |||
| plural possessor |
1st person | eisen | eis | eist | eis | eisem | eiser | eisem | eisen | ||
| 2nd person | ären | är | äert | är | ärem | ärer | ärem | ären | |||
| 3rd person | hiren | hir | hiert | hir | hirem | hirer | hirem | hiren | |||
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish ær (third-person singular indicative present of vara), from Old East Norse ᛁᛦ, ᛁᛋ (compare Old West Norse es, later er), from Proto-Norse ᛁᛊ (is), ᛁᛊᛏ (ist), from Proto-Germanic *isti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /æːr/ (careful/spelling pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -æːr
- IPA(key): /eː(r)/, /ɛː(r)/ (casual pronunciation)
- Homophones: E, e, Ä, ä
- Rhymes: -eː, -ɛː
Verb
[edit]är
- present indicative of vara; am/is/are
- Jag är hungrig
- I am hungry
- Han är nöjd
- He is satisfied
- Hon är en tiger
- She is a tiger
- De är pyttesmå
- They are tiny
- Hon är läkare
- She is a doctor (see vara for why there is no article and more examples)
Usage notes
[edit]The casual pronunciation is not in any way considered sloppy (as a point of reference, it's used in Ingmar Bergman scenes with highly stylized language). The spelling pronunciation can sound over-enunciated if used consistently.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- [1] in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Schulte, Michael (2006), “Oral Traces in Runic Epigraphy: Evidence from Older and Younger Inscriptions”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 8, number 2, Cambridge University Press, , retrieved 16 June 2023, pages 139–140
- “vara”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “vara”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “vara”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ær
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- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
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- Rhymes:Swedish/æːr
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- Rhymes:Swedish/eː
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- Rhymes:Swedish/ɛː
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