svær
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
svær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær)
Inflection
Declension of svær
Etymology 2
Adjective
svær
Inflection
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
Etymology
Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”)
Adjective
svær (masculine and feminine svær, neuter svært, definite singular and plural svære)
- heavy, massive, huge, large, tremendous
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”), or from Middle Low German schwer.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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.
- Dyret var svært.
- unusual
- Det var då svært so lang tid dette skulle ta.
- This took unusually long.
- Det var då svært so lang tid dette skulle ta.
Related terms
References
- “svær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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