væra
See also: vära
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vera. Cognate with Nynorsk, Icelandic and Faroese vera, Swedish vara and Danish være.
Usage notes
Since kløyvd infinitiv (lit. “split infinitive”, should however not be confused with split infinitive) was removed from the official spelling rules in july of 2005, væra is no longer considered correct (see være). However, it may still appear and is still in use in the spoken dialects of Eastern Norway. Most verb infinitives in Bokmål end in -e. The kløyvd infinitiv system allowed a few of them to end in -a instead.
Alternative forms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
væra (present tense er, past tense var, past participle vore, passive infinitive værast, present participle værande, imperative vær)
- (non-standard since 1938) Alternative form of vera
Noun
væra n pl
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by vêra
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