kärlek

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Swedish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish kærleker, from Old Norse kærleikr.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɕɛːrˌleːk/, [ˈɕæː.ˌɭeːk]
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Noun[edit]

kärlek c

  1. love
    • 1990, Grymlings (lyrics and music), “Mitt bästa för dig [My best for you]”, in Grymlings:
      Kärleken, är en annorlunda lek. Ett spel vi kan spela, för de som tror på den. Finns det en, med lite solidaritet, går dagen att leva, natten att sova.
      Love [literally, "the love" – definite is often idiomatic when referring to concepts], is a different kind of game. A game we can play, for those who believe in it. If there's someone, with a little solidarity, it's possible to live the day, sleep the night.
    • 1898, Gustaf Fröding, Gralstänk [Grail sprinklings]:
      Jag köpte min kärlek för pengar,
      för mig var ej annan att få.
      Sjung vackert, i skorrande strängar.
      Sjunk vackert om kärlek ändå.

      Den drömmen, som aldrig besannats,
      som dröm var den vacker att få.
      För den, som ur Eden förbannats,
      är Eden ett Eden ändå.
      I bought my love for money,
      for me was no [not] other to get.
      Sing beautifully, in jangling strings.
      Sing beautifully of love yet.

      That dream, which has never come true,
      as a dream it was beautiful to get.
      For [the] one [like "those," but in singular, referring to people in general], who out of Eden has been banished,
      is Eden an Eden yet.
  2. a love, a darling, a romance
    Hennes första kärlek
    Her first love

Declension[edit]

Declension of kärlek 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kärlek kärleken kärlekar kärlekarna
Genitive kärleks kärlekens kärlekars kärlekarnas

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