blære

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish blæthræ, from Old Norse blaðra (bladder).

Noun

blære c (singular definite blæren, plural indefinite blærer)

  1. bladder
  2. blister (bubble on the skin)

Inflection

Declension of blære
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blære blæren blærer blærerne
genitive blæres blærens blærers blærernes

Verb

blære (imperative blær, infinitive at blære, present tense blærer, past tense blærede, perfect tense har blæret)

  1. (reflexive) to show off, to swank, boast
  2. to blister (used with adverb op)

Conjugation

Conjugation of blære
active passive
present blærer blæres
past blærede blæredes
infinitive blære blæres
imperative blær
participle
present blærende
past blæret
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund blæren

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

blære f or m (definite singular blæra or blæren, indefinite plural blærer, definite plural blærene)

  1. (anatomy) a bladder
  2. a blister (in the skin)
  3. a blister or bubble (in a surface, e.g. paintwork)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse blaðra (oblique blǫðru), from Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ. Akin to English bladder.

Noun

blære f (definite singular blæra, indefinite plural blærer, definite plural blærene)

  1. (anatomy) a bladder
  2. a blister (in the skin)
  3. a blister or bubble (in a surface, e.g. paintwork)

Derived terms

References