avund

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫfund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑːʋʉn/, /²ɑːʋʉnd/

Noun

avund f (definite singular avunda, uncountable)

1. envy

Synonyms

• misunning

References

• “avund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

avund c

1. envy

   Den framlysande avunden i Ygbergs anförande framblåste ett strömoln över den soliga himmelen, men det var blott för ett ögonblick, ty alla visste att avunden hade ett långt, förlorat livs bitterhet till ursäkt.

   The apparent envy in Ygberg's speech threw a sudden cloud over the sunlit skies, but it was just for the moment, for everyone know that the envy had a long, lost life's bitterness as its excuse.

Declension

Declension of avund
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	avund	avunden	—	—
Genitive	avunds	avundens	—	—

Related terms

• avundad
• avundas
• avundsam
• avundsfri
• avundsfull
• avundsjuk
• avundsjuka
• avundsman
• avundsvärd
• unna

References

• avund in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• duvan