svær
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse svǫrðr m, from Proto-Germanic *swarduz (“rind, turf”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål svor, Swedish svål, English sward. The Danish form has the vowel of the plural (sverðir).
Noun[edit]
svær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Danish swar, from Old Norse svárr, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, cognate with Swedish svår, German schwer, Dutch zwaar, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 (swērs). The vowel of the modern Danish form is probably due to German influence. Doublet of svar.
Adjective[edit]
svær (neuter svært, plural and definite singular attributive svære)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of svær | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | svær | sværere | sværest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | svært | sværere | sværest2 |
Plural | svære | sværere | sværest2 |
Definite attributive1 | svære | sværere | sværeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”)
Adjective[edit]
svær (masculine and feminine svær, neuter svært, definite singular and plural svære)
- heavy, massive, huge, large, tremendous
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”), or from Middle Low German schwer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
svær (neuter svært, definite singular and plural svære, comparative sværare, indefinite superlative sværast, definite superlative sværaste)
- big, massive; huge
- Dyret var svært.
- The animal was massive.
- unusual
- Det var då svært so lang tid dette skulle ta.
- This took unusually long.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “svær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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