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

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