hær

See also: haer, her, hér, här, her-, Her, and Appendix:Variations of "har"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse herr, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“war”).

Noun

hær c (singular definite hæren, plural indefinite hære)

  1. army
  2. host (multitude of people arrayed as an army)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • hærge

Middle English

Noun

hær

  1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse herr.

Noun

hær m (definite singular hæren, indefinite plural hærer, definite plural hærene)

  1. an army

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • (former reform[s] only): her

Etymology

From Old Norse herr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hæːr/, /heːr/
  • Homophone: her

Noun

hær m (definite singular hæren, indefinite plural hærar, definite plural hærane)

  1. army
    Landet hadde den største hæren i området.
    The country had the largest army in the area.
  2. large/huge amount, flock
    Det kom ein heil hær av grashopper.
    A huge amount of grasshoppers came.

Derived terms

References

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