-are

Swedish

suffix
Definitions
  • (on adjectives) Regular construction of comparative: ful (ugly) → fulare (uglier)
  • (on verbs) Denotes a person or object who (regularly) performs the action of the verb: klättra (climb) → klättrare (climber)
  • Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places; in particular towns/cities: Stockholm (Stockholm) → stockholmare (Stockholmer). Note that the resulting word is not capitalized.

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse -ari (suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs) derived from Proto-Germanic *-ōzô.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*-ōzô

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