Danish

Noun

hår n (singular definite håret, plural indefinite hår)

1. hair

Derived terms

• knurhår n

Inflection

See also

• bakkenbart c
• overskæg n
• skæg n

References

• “hår” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- ‎(“rough hair, bristle”).

Noun

hår n ‎(definite singular håret, indefinite plural hår, definite plural håra or hårene) (both countable and uncountable)

1. hair

Related terms

• behåret, behåra
• håret, hårete

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- ‎(“rough hair, bristle”).

Noun

hår n ‎(definite singular håret, indefinite plural hår, definite plural håra) (both countable and uncountable)

1. hair

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hār, from Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- ‎(“rough hair, bristle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːr/

Noun

hår n

1. hair (having hair)
2. a hair (a single strand)

Declension

Derived terms

References

• hår in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)