være
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verb
- to be; to have a particular identity, classification, quality or condition.
- To play or act as a character or assumed identity.
- to be, exist; of a person, to live.
- to be, stay; to be situated somewhere or in a particular situation.
- to take place, occur; to be held.
noun
- being, existence.
- a stay, sojourn.
Forms
Other forms
| infinitive | være |
|---|---|
| past participle | vært |
| present participle | værende |
More forms are in the app.
Other ways to say it
- aneguess, sense (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility); suspect, assume (to imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence)
- eksistensexistence
- eksistereto exist (to be), survive, subsist; to survive, subsist
- finne stedto take place (happen, occur)
- finnesto be, exist, occur, be found
- foregåto go on, happen, take place; to precede
- oppholdstay at a place; weather without precipitation
- tilværelseexistence, life
Idioms you will actually hear
- å være ute på tynn isto be on thin iceThe same picture as in English.