"kär" meaning in Swedish

See kär in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɕɛːr/, [ɕæːr] Audio: Sv-kär.ogg
Rhymes: -æːr Etymology: From Old Swedish kær, from Old Norse kærr, from Old Northern French ker, kier, quer (Old French chier, cher), from Latin cārus (“dear”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”). Doublet of hora. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|kær}} Old Swedish kær, {{inh|sv|non|kærr}} Old Norse kærr, {{der|sv|fro-nor|ker}} Old Northern French ker, {{der|sv|fro|chier}} Old French chier, {{der|sv|la|cārus||dear}} Latin cārus (“dear”), {{der|sv|itc-pro|*kāros}} Proto-Italic *kāros, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*keh₂-||to desire, to wish}} Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”), {{dbt|sv|hora}} Doublet of hora Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|kärare|superlative|kärast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} kär (comparative kärare, superlative kärast), {{sv-adj}} kär (comparative kärare, superlative kärast) Forms: kärare [comparative], kärast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], kär [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], kärare [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], kärast [common-gender, indefinite, singular, superlative], kärt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], kärare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], kärast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], kära [indefinite, plural, positive], kärare [comparative, indefinite, plural], kärast [indefinite, plural, superlative], käre [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], kärare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], kärast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], käre [definite, masculine, positive, singular], kärare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], käraste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], kära [definite, positive], kärare [comparative, definite], käraste [definite, superlative]
  1. [with i] in love, enamored Synonyms: förälskad, betuttad [colloquial]
    Sense id: en-kär-sv-adj-Pg8eqV2X
  2. dear, beloved Synonyms: älskad
    Sense id: en-kär-sv-adj-yAqM9Hv9 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kära, kärlek (english: see there for further derivatives), kärt barn har många namn Coordinate_terms: älska, dyr

Inflected forms

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          "english": "I think I'm starting to fall in love with him.",
          "text": "Jag tror jag börjar bli kär i honom.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Oh my God, she is in love with her best friend's girlfriend.",
          "text": "Åh herregud, hon är kär i sin bästa kompis tjej.",
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        },
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          "english": "They are in love (with each other).",
          "text": "De är kära (i varandra).",
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          "english": "Are you still in love with me, Klas-Göran? Do you still have your feelings for me? I'm home on [lit. \"walking home on\"] the shieling waiting. And I still have my feelings for you.",
          "ref": "1959, Stikkan Anderson (lyrics and music), “Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran? [Are you still in love with me Klas-Göran?]”, performed by Lill-Babs:",
          "text": "Är du kär i mig ännu, Klas-Göran? Har du kvar dina känslor för mig? Jag går hemma på fäbo[de]n och väntar. Och jag har kvar mina känslor för dig.",
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          "word": "förälskad"
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          "word": "betuttad"
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          "english": "My dear sister, can you hand me a glass of water, please?",
          "text": "Min kära syster, kan du ge mig ett glas vatten, tack!",
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          "english": "to hold someone dear",
          "text": "att hålla någon kär",
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        {
          "english": "For just now today, I bought, a small rose in a flower shop. A rose red as blood, so that you understood, that it is you that I hold dear.",
          "ref": "1963, Arne Qvick (lyrics and music), “Rosen [The rose]”:",
          "text": "Ty just nu idag, så köpte jag, en liten ros i en blomsteraffär. En ros röd som blod, så att du förstod, att det är dig som jag håller kär.",
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          "english": "I think I'm starting to fall in love with him.",
          "text": "Jag tror jag börjar bli kär i honom.",
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          "english": "Oh my God, she is in love with her best friend's girlfriend.",
          "text": "Åh herregud, hon är kär i sin bästa kompis tjej.",
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          "english": "They are in love (with each other).",
          "text": "De är kära (i varandra).",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "Are you still in love with me, Klas-Göran? Do you still have your feelings for me? I'm home on [lit. \"walking home on\"] the shieling waiting. And I still have my feelings for you.",
          "ref": "1959, Stikkan Anderson (lyrics and music), “Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran? [Are you still in love with me Klas-Göran?]”, performed by Lill-Babs:",
          "text": "Är du kär i mig ännu, Klas-Göran? Har du kvar dina känslor för mig? Jag går hemma på fäbo[de]n och väntar. Och jag har kvar mina känslor för dig.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with i] in love, enamored"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": ":i"
          },
          "expansion": "[with i]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "i"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in love",
          "in love"
        ],
        [
          "enamored",
          "enamored"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "förälskad"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "betuttad"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with quotations",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My dear sister, can you hand me a glass of water, please?",
          "text": "Min kära syster, kan du ge mig ett glas vatten, tack!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to hold someone dear",
          "text": "att hålla någon kär",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "For just now today, I bought, a small rose in a flower shop. A rose red as blood, so that you understood, that it is you that I hold dear.",
          "ref": "1963, Arne Qvick (lyrics and music), “Rosen [The rose]”:",
          "text": "Ty just nu idag, så köpte jag, en liten ros i en blomsteraffär. En ros röd som blod, så att du förstod, att det är dig som jag håller kär.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dear, beloved"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dear",
          "dear"
        ],
        [
          "beloved",
          "beloved"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "älskad"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕɛːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕæːr]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-kär.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/Sv-k%C3%A4r.ogg/Sv-k%C3%A4r.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Sv-k%C3%A4r.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æːr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kär"
}

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