Faroese

Verb

svara ‎(third person singular past indicative svaraði, third person plural past indicative svarað, supine svarað)

1. to answer

Conjugation

Related terms

• spyrja

See also

• tosa
• práta
• fortelja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svara ‎(“to answer”). Confer svar ‎(“a response”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svaːra/

  Rhymes: -aːra

Verb

svara ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svaraði, supine svarað)

1. (intransitive) to answer, to respond, to reply ^syn.
   • Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)

     Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."

     A voice says, "Cry out." And I answer, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

2. (transitive, governs the dative) to answer somebody, to respond to somebody ^syn.
3. (transitive, governs the dative) to answer with something, to respond with something ^syn.
4. (ditransitive, governs the dative and the dative) to answer somebody with something, to give somebody some response, to answer somebody's question, to respond to somebody's comment ^syn.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (answer): ^def. ansa, anza

Noun

svara

1. indefinite genitive plural of svar

Latvian

Noun

svara m

1. genitive singular form of svars

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• svarene

Noun

svara n

1. definite plural of svar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svara n

1. definite plural of svar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse svara ‎(“to answer”). Confer svar ‎(“a response”).

Pronunciation

Verb

svara ‎(present svarar, preterite svarade, supine svarat, imperative svara)

1. to answer, to reply, to respond

Conjugation

Usage notes

• The past participle form is very rare.
• The difference to the word besvara lies in that svara concerns answers or responses to people, while besvara (or in some cases svara + certain particles) concerns answers or responses to questions, telephone calls and so on:

  Att besvara en fråga. (= Att svara på en fråga.)

  To answer a question.

  Svara inte i telefonen när det åskar!

  Don't answer the phone during a thunderstorm!

  Svara honom inte!

  Don't answer him!

Related terms

• ansvara
• besvara
• försvara
• obesvarad
• svara i
• svara på
• svara för
• svara mot
• tillsvara