djärv

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish diærver, from Old Norse djarfr, from Proto-Germanic *derbaz. According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok it may be related to the same stem as Old English deorfan ("to work; to act") and Lithuanian dirbti ("to work"), or Ancient Greek τρέφω (tréphō) ("to make solid; to make fat; to feed; to nurture"). Nationalencyklopedins ordbok suggests a relation to German derb ("coarse").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛrv/

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• Homophone: järv

Adjective

djärv (comparative djärvare, superlative djärvast)

1. bold, daring, venturesome.

   Det var ett djärvt förslag.

   That was a bold suggestion.

Declension

Inflection of djärv

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	djärv	djärvare	djärvast
neuter singular	djärvt	djärvare	djärvast
plural	djärva	djärvare	djärvast
masculine plural2	djärve	djärvare	djärvast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	djärve	djärvare	djärvaste
all	djärva	djärvare	djärvaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Synonyms

• båld (archaic)

Derived terms

• djärvas ("to be daring")
• djärvhet

Further reading

• djärv in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• värjd