# vår
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔːˀr/, [ˈʋɒˀ]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse vár n, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish vår. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥, which is also the source of Latin vēr, Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar).

#### Noun

vår c (singular definite våren, not used in plural form)
* (season, poetic, puristic) spring
    Synonym: forår

##### Declension
#### References

* “vår,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
* seasons: årstider: forår · sommer · efterår · vinter
Seasons in Danish · årstider (layout · text) · category :
| forår (“spring”) | sommer (“summer”) | efterår (“autumn”) | vinter (“winter”) |

### Etymology 2

From Old East Norse *waʀ, (Old West Norse ver), from Proto-Germanic *wazą, cognate to Swedish var, Norwegian ver, vær. The noun is related to the verb Proto-Germanic *wazjaną (“to clothe”) (cf. English wear).

#### Noun

vår n (singular definite våret, plural indefinite vår)
* case (a cover made of cloth, especially as part of bedclothes)

##### Declension
#### References

* “vår,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norn
### Etymology

From Old Norse vár, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /voːr/

### Noun

vår n
* spring
* digging of the soil in spring

#### Alternative forms

* vor

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋoːɾ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse vár n.

#### Noun

vår m (definite singular våren, uncountable)
* spring (season)

##### Derived terms

* vårjevndøgn
* vårløk
* vårrengjøring
* vårtegn

#### See also

Seasons in Norwegian Bokmål · årstider (layout · text) · category :
| vår (“spring”) | sommer (“summer”) | høst (“autumn”) | vinter (“winter”) |

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse várr.

#### Determiner

vår (neuter singular vårt, plural våre)
* our (belonging to us)
* ours (pronoun in English)

#### See also

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | feminine | masculine | neuter | plural |
| Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
| Singular | Second | general | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine |
| Singular | Second | formal (rare) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Singular | Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | hennes | hennes | hennes |
| Singular | Third | masculine (person) | han | ham / han | hans | hans | hans | hans |
| Singular | Third | feminine (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | masculine (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | neuter (noun) | det | det | dets | dets | dets | dets |
| Singular | Third | reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
| Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vår | vårt | våre |
| Plural | Second | general | dere | dere | deres | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Second | formal (very rare) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Plural | Third | general | de | dem | deres | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Third | reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |

### References

* “vår” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋoːr/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse várr, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

#### Determiner

vår (masculine and feminine singular vår, neuter singular vårt, plural våre)
* our (belonging to us)
* ours (pronoun in English)

#### See also

$^1$Obsolete. $^2$Landsmål. $^3$Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse vár n, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).

#### Noun

vår m (definite singular våren, indefinite plural vårar, definite plural vårane)
* spring (season)

##### Derived terms

* vårdag
* vårlauk, vårløk
* vårleg
* vårreingjering
* vårsol

#### See also

Seasons in Norwegian Nynorsk · årstider (layout · text) · category :
| vår (“spring”) | sumar (“summer”) | haust (“autumn”) | vetter (“winter”) |

### References

* “vår” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /voːr/, [voə̯ɾ̪]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vār, Old Norse várr, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

#### Pronoun

vår (possessive)
* our; belonging to us
    Synonym: (informal) våran

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse vár, from Proto-Germanic *wazrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.

#### Noun

vår c
* spring; the season between winter and summer
    Synonym: (dialectal) låding

##### Hypernyms

* årstid

##### Derived terms

* vårarbete
* våras
* vårbal
* vårblomma
* vårblommande
* vårbrodd
* vårbruk
* vårbrytning
* vårbudget
* vårbäck
* vårdag
* vårdagjämning
* våreld
* vårfest
* vårflod
* vårflora
* vårfrisk
* vårgarderob
* vårgrön
* vårgrönska
* vårhimmel
* våris
* vårkanten
* vårkappa
* vårklynne
* vårkollektion
* vårkonsert
* vårkrage
* vårkväll
* vårkänning
* vårkänsla
* vårlig
* vårlik
* vårljus
* vårluft
* vårlök
* vårmode
* vårmorgon
* vårmusseron
* vårmånad
* vårnatt
* vårning
* vårplöja
* vårplöjning
* vårprimör
* vårproposition
* vårregn
* vårrengöring
* vårriksdag
* vårrulle
* vårsalong
* vårsession
* vårsidan
* vårsol
* vårstädning
* vårså
* vårsådd
* vårsång
* vårsäd
* vårsäde
* vårsäsong
* vårtal
* vårtecken
* vårtermin
* vårtrött
* vårvecka
* vårvete
* vårvind
* vårvinter
* vårväder
* vårvärme
* våryra

### See also

* seasons: årstider: vår · sommar · höst · vinter

### References

* vår in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vår in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* vår in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)