væra

See also: vära

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

væra n

  1. definite plural of vær (Etymology 2)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vera. Cognate with Nynorsk, Icelandic and Faroese vera, Swedish vara and Danish være.

Verb

(Until 2005) væra (present tense er, past tense var, past participle vært)

  1. To be.
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

Verb

væra

  1. simple past of være (Etymology 2)
  2. past participle of være (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

væra n pl

  1. definite plural of være

Verb

væra (present tense er, past tense var, past participle vore, passive infinitive værast, present participle værande, imperative vær)

  1. (non-standard since 1938) Alternative form of vera

Noun

væra n pl

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by vêra
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