svare
Danish
/svaːrə/
verb
Definitions
- to answer, reply, respond give a reply to a question, with a noun phrase or a noun clause as its object, with or without an indirect object
- to retort give a sharp respond to a remark
- to respond, counter act in return
- to correspond be similar, with the preposition l
- to pay
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse svara (answer, sound) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swarōną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swarōną