sår

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sar"

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔːˀr/, [sɒˀ]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɒː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sár, from Proto-Germanic *sairą, cognate with English sore, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍂 (sair). Derived from the following adjective.

Noun

sår n (singular definite såret, plural indefinite sår)

wound

Declension

Declension of sår

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sår	såret	sår	sårene
genitive	sårs	sårets	sårs	sårenes

Derived terms

References

“sår” in Den Danske Ordbog
“Saar,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sárr, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz, cognate with English sore, German sehr (“very”), Dutch zeer.

Adjective

sår (neuter sårt, plural and definite singular attributive såre)

sore, worried, distressed
- 1888, Niels Møller, Efteraar‎^[1], page 100:
  en kvinde dem følger i såreste nød / med tårer i øjet og hjærtet i lue.
  A woman who follows them in her most painful need with tears in her eyes and with her heart on fire.
- 1894, Henrik Pontoppidan, Den gamle Adam‎^[2]:
  Jeg forstod, at jeg med mine Spørgsmaal havde nærmet mig hendes Sjæls saare Punkt.
  I understood that with my questions, I have approached the sore spot of her soul.

Inflection

Inflection of *sår*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	sår	sårere	sårest²
indefinite neuter singular	sårt	sårere	sårest²
plural	såre	sårere	sårest²
definite attributive¹	såre	sårere	såreste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

såre (“very”, adverb)

References

“saar,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sår

present tense of så

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sår

imperative of såre

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sárr.

Adjective

sår (neuter singular sårt, definite singular and plural såre)

sore
en sår hals - a sore throat

Derived terms

sårhet

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sár.

Noun

sår n (definite singular såret, indefinite plural sår, definite plural såra or sårene)

a wound
Tiden leger alle sår. - Time heals all wounds.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

sår

imperative of såre
present of så

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soːr/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sárr.

Adjective

sår (neuter singular sårt, definite singular and plural såre)

sore

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sár.

Noun

sår n (definite singular såret, indefinite plural sår, definite plural såra)

a wound

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

sår

present of så

References

“sår” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

sår

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Old Swedish sar, from Old Norse sár, from Proto-Germanic *sairą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soːr/, [s̪oə̯r]
Audio: (file)

Noun

sår n

a wound, a puncture of the skin or a mucous membrane
Han satte ett plåster på såret
He put a band-aid on the wound
an ulcer

Usage notes

The immediate intuition is of a small wound, though sår also extends to larger and more serious wounds. Whereas you might qualify with "small wound" when describing what you would put a band-aid over in English, just "sår" sounds okay in Swedish.

Declension

Declension of sår

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sår	sårs
singular	definite	såret	sårets
plural	indefinite	sår	sårs
plural	definite	såren	sårens

Related terms

Verb

sår

present indicative of så

References

Anagrams

rås, års