tvär

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tvar"

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þvar, þvær, from Old Norse þverr, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ-.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æːr

Adjective

tvär

1. across, perpendicular to the main direction
2. (figuratively) opposite

   Säger man till honom att göra något så gör han tvärt emot

   If you tell him to do something, he'll do the complete opposite

3. sharp, abrupt (of a change of direction)

   tvära kurvor

   sharp curves

   tvärvända

   turn around abruptly

4. sudden, abrupt

   Historien fick ett tvärt slut

   The story came to an abrupt end

5. (figuratively) grumpy, stubborn (of a person who gives short, sharp answers, having "lodged themselves sideways")

   Var inte så tvär

   Don't be so grumpy

6. (slang, as an ad-hoc prefix) An intensifier.

   Hon är tvärsnygg

   She is super hot

Declension

Inflection of tvär

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	tvär	—	—
neuter singular	tvärt	—	—
plural	tvära	—	—
masculine plural2	tväre	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	tväre	—	—
all	tvära	—	—

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.

Derived terms

• tvärbrant
• tvären
• tvärnita
• tvärs
• tvärskuren
• tvärskära
• tvärslå
• tvärstopp
• tvärstup
• tvärsäker
• tvärvända

Related terms

• tvärt

References

• “tvär”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tvär”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tvär”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• värt, ärvt