Synonyms: reply, respond, correspond, return
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑːnsə*/ |
| Hyphenation | an·swer |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑭𐑯𐑕𐑼 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) answer | (I) answered |
| (thou) answerest | (thou) answeredst |
| (he) answers, answereth | (he) answered |
| (we) answer | (we) answered |
| (you) answer | (you) answered |
| (they) answer | (they) answered |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) answer | (I) answered |
| (thou) answer | (thou) answered |
| (he) answer | (he) answered |
| (we) answer | (we) answered |
| (you) answer | (you) answered |
| (they) answer | (they) answered |
| Imperative mood | |
| answer | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| answering | answered |
| Afrikaans | antwoord |
|---|---|
| Catalan | respondre |
| Danish | svare |
| Dutch | antwoorden; antwoorden op |
| English (Old English) | andswarian |
| Esperanto | respondi |
| Faeroese | svara |
| Finnish | vastata |
| French | répondre |
| German | antworten |
| Hungarian | felel; válaszol |
| Icelandic | svara |
| Italian | rispondere |
| Jamaican Patois | ansa; ansa se |
| Latin | respondere |
| Malay | menjawab |
| Norwegian | svare |
| Papiamento | kontestá; rospondé; respondé |
| Polish | odpowiadać |
| Portuguese | responder |
| Romanian | răspunde |
| Russian | отвечать |
| Saterland Frisian | beoantwoudje; oantwoudje |
| Spanish | contestar; responder |
| Sranan | piki |
| Swahili | ‐jibu |
| Swedish | svara |
| Thai | ตอบ |
| Turkish | cevap vermek |
| West Frisian | antwurdzje |