bør

From Middle Low German bore. It is derived from the verb German Low German bören (“to lift”), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną.

• IPA^(key): /bøːˀr/, [ˈb̥øˀɐ̯], [ˈb̥øɐ̯ˀ]

bør c (singular definite børen, plural indefinite børe)

1. wheelbarrow
2. battered old hat

• trillebør

• “bør,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Bør,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse byrr, Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”).

• IPA^(key): /bøːˀr/, [ˈb̥øˀɐ̯], [ˈb̥øɐ̯ˀ]

bør c (singular definite børen, not used in plural form)

1. wind, fair wind

• medbør

• “bør,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Bør,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse burðr m (“bearing, birth”), byrð f (“ancestry”), from Proto-Germanic *burdiz ~ *burþiz, cognate with Norwegian foster m, burar (“uterus”), Swedish börd, English birth, German Geburt. Doublet of byrd.

• IPA^(key): /bøːˀr/, [ˈb̥øˀɐ̯], [ˈb̥øɐ̯ˀ]

bør c (singular definite børen, plural indefinite børe)

1. (dated) womb, uterus (of animals)

• “Bør,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /bør/, [ˈb̥ɶɐ̯]

bør

1. present tense of burde

bør

1. present of burde

From Old Norse byrðr, from Proto-Germanic *burþiz. Akin to English burden. Doublet of byrd and byrde, with which it was considered an alternative form until 2012.

• IPA^(key): /bøːr/, /bøːɽ/

bør f (definite singular børa, indefinite plural bører, definite plural børene)

1. burden (that which is carried, also figuratively)

From Old Norse byrr, from Proto-Germanic *buriz.

• IPA^(key): /bøːr/

bør m (definite singular børen, indefinite plural børar, definite plural børane)

1. sailing wind

   Me hadde god bør ut av hamna.

   We had good sailing wind out of the harbour.

• medbør
• motbør
• nedbør

bør n (definite singular børet, uncountable)

1. (obsolete) hail

   Synonym: hagl

bør

1. present of burda
2. present of byrja (non-standard since 2012)

• “bør” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.