Be

"Be" in nb

bli

(auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)

ligge

(to occupy a place)

sitte

(to occupy a place)

stå

(to occupy a place)

være

(auxiliary (archaic in English): used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)

være

(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

være

(used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

være

(used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

være

(used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)

være

(used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality)

være

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

være

(to occupy a place)

være

(to occur, take place)

være

(elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)

være or være lik

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.